•I 14 BRITISH FERNS. — SUB-ORDER II. TRIBE IO. 
10. plumosum, Moore. Found in Somerset in 1856 by the late 
Mr. C. Elworthy. A sterile form, 36x9 inches. 
11. Wollastoni, Lowe (plumosum Wollaston, Wollaston). Found 
in Devon by Mr. G. B. Wollaston. Less lax than plumosum, and 
fertile. 
Section / 3 . FOLIOSUM. 
(Foliose or -subplumose. Texture and fructification normal.) 
1. bulbiferum, Low e (frondoso-bulbiferum, Jones). A grand 
foliosum, .developing bulbils into little plants (some as much as 2 
inches long) at the base of the pinnae. As many as 5° plants on a 
frond. 30X7 inches. 
2. concinnum, Moore. Found near Nettlecombe by the late 
Mr. C Elworthy. A pretty foliose variety. 24x6 inches. 
3. crispum, Lowe (folioso-crispum,_/^/«). 
4. cristatum, Lowe (fohoso-cristatum,/*?;?^). 
5. cruciatum, Lowe (frondoso-cruciatum, Jones). History 
obscure. 
6. foliosum, Wollaston. Found near Romsey, Hants, by Mr. 
G. B. Wollaston. A handsome leafy form with overlapping pinnae 
and crowded pinnules. 
7. frondosum, Jones. A densely foliose yet refined variety. 
24x10 inches. 
8. imbricato - crispatum, Phillips. Overlapping and crisp. 
24x6 inches. 
*9. Jonesii, Lowe (foliosum, Jones). Found by the late Colonel 
Jones. When vigorous, lower pinnules falcate Both Mr. Wills and 
Mr. F. W. Stansfield pointed out this as suggestive of the pul- 
cherrimum type. 
10. latipes, Moore. Raised in 1870 by Mr. Parsons. A fine foliose 
form. 27x8 inches. 
11. multifidum, Lowe (folioso-multifidum,_/tf«cj). A fine variety 
with solid rotund pinnules. Stipes dividing considerably below the 
apex into a capitate head (8 inches across). 20x4^ inches. 
12. Parsonsii, Lowe (crispato-foliosum, Parsons). Raised in 1872, 
at Danesbury (Herts), by Mr. Parsons. A handsome, thorny, 
fringed, foliose form. 21x6^ inches. 
13. polydactylum, Lowe ~ (frondoso-polydactylum, Jones). A 
foliose and polydactylous variety. 30x7 inches. 
Section y. PULCHERRIMUM. (Ultra plumose.) 
[Lower pinnules, and sometimes upper, falcate, deeply incised, 
and drawn out into thread-like processes. Fructification generally 
aposporous. Character more or less intermittent.] 
i. Molyi, Lowe (pulcherrimum Moly, Jones; and caudiculato 
cristatum, Wollaston). Found in 1876 in S. Devon by Mr. Moly. 
Tips of the pinnae crisped and feathery. Mr. Moly also found 
other forms, from one of which Mr. F. W. Stansfield has raised 
seedlings by apospory. The Rev. C. Padley also found a pul- 
