SUB-SECTION POLYSTICHUM. 
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Group VI. Stipitate. 
(Pinnae and pinnules distinctly stalked.) 
Section a. STIPATUM. 
x. deorsopinnatum, Moore. Found in 1S71, in South Devon, by 
Mr. J. Moly. The inferior pinnules much the larger. 27x9 inches. 
2. Hodgsoni, Lowe (stipitatum, Wollaston). Found in 1866 in 
Gleeston Lane by Mr. J. K. Hodgson. A dense, distinct form, 
with crowded pinnules. 
3. Jonesii, Lowe (deorsopinnatum Jones, Jones). A distinct 
form, raised by the late Colonel Jones. 
4. levidense, Wollaston. Found in 1866, at Windermere, by Mr. 
J. M. Barnes. Pinnules thin, and long-stalked. 
5. pediculatum, Lowe (pediculatum Hodgson, Jones). Found 
in 1869, near Ulverston, by Miss Hodgson. Pinnules long-stalked. 
6. Praegeri, I.owe (deorso-pinnatum Praeger, Jones). 
7. stipitatum, Moore. This and pedicellatum, Wills, are much 
alike. Known at the Todmorden Nursery as far back as 1865. 
Division B. 
CHANGES IN SOFT PARTS. 
Group I. Amplum. (Increased development.) 
Section a. PLUMOSUM. 
(Texture thin. Fructification scanty or absent.) 
1. Cooperi, Lowe. Found at Braunton by Mrs. S. Cooper. A 
dense, large pinnuled form. 18x5^ inches. 
*2. coronare, Lowe (plumosum coronare, Lowe). Raised by myself 
in 1887. Densely bunch-crested. 
3. Daddsii, Lowe (plumosum Dadds, Jones). Neat. 
4. grande, Jones. Raised by Mr. E. F. Fox from spores (of 
decompositum-splendens) supplied by the late Colonel Jones ; and 
from which also the three magnificent plumose divisolobes were 
raised by Mr. Fox. A barren handsome form. 28x9 inches. 
5. Hillersdonense, Lowe (plumosum Hillersdon,_/^>«^). One of 
Mrs. Grant’s beauties. 
6. laxum , Jones. A superb fern, raised by the late Colonel Jones. 
*7. Mousogines, Lowe. Purchased in Yorkshire. Not unlike 
Pateyi, but without the large basal pinnae ; and occasionally bear- 
ing bulbils at the apex of the frond. 32 X 7\ inches. A splendid 
form. 
8. Pateyi, Moore (plumosum Patey, Wollaston). Found in 1866, 
in Dorset, by Mr. G. E. Patey. A magnificent, sterile, plumose 
form with extraordinary development. 22x7 inches (except at 
base, where 1 1 inches). 
9. plumatile, Lowe. A distinct feathery form raised by myself 
in 1884. 
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