1 16 BRITISH FERNS— SUB-ORDER II. TRIBE IO. 
Group III. Compositum. (Subdivision of pinnules.) 
Section a. DECOMPOSITUM. 
(Subdivision on normal lines.) 
1. Clowesii, Lowe (decompositum Clowesii, Moore). Found in 
i860, at Whitbarrow, by Mr. F. Clowes. Robust, dense, plumose, 
with profoundly cut pinnules. A similar variety was found at 
Arnside by Mr. J. Crossfield. 
2. decompositum, Moule. Found by Mr. Moule in Devon. 
3. Foxii, Lowe (decompositum Fox, Jones). Large. 
4. frondosum, Lowe (frondoso-decompositum,/^^). A delicate 
foliose form. 24x9 inches. 
5. Gillettii, Lowe (tripinnatum Gillett, Jones). Found in 1864, 
near Yeovil (Somerset), by Mr. Gillett, of Cirencester. A grand 
form, densely foliose. 27 X 14 inches. 
6. grande, Lowe (decompositum grande, Jones). 38x12 inches. 
Found at Torquay by the late Colonel Jones (in 1870-2). 
7. Jonesii, Lowe (decompositum. splendens, Jones). Raised by 
the late Colonel Jones. Distinct and fine. 
8. laxum, Lowe (decompositum-laxum, Wollaston). Found in 
1876, at Brislington, near Bristol, by Mr. E. F. Fox. A large, bold 
form. 33 X 10 inches. 
9. magnifico-polydactylum, Lowe (decompositum magnificum 
polydactylum, Jones). 
10. magnificum, Lowe (decompositum magnificum No. 3, Jones). 
28 X 12 inches. 
11. Padleyi, Lowe (tripinnatum Padley, Jones). Found in 1872, 
in North Devon, by the late Rev. C. Padley. Colonel Jones remarks, 
“ The divergence of the anterior pinnules from the primary rachis 
is remarkable.” Dense overlapping pinnae. 18x6^ inches. 
12. Phillipsii, Lowe (decompositum Phillips, Jones). Found in 
Co. Down by Mr. W. H. Phillips. 16X 5! inches. 
13. plumosum, Lowe (plumoso-decompositum, Jones). The late 
Colonel Jones raised three interesting forms from his multilobum- 
laxum. 15x5 inches. 
14. Praegeri, Lowe (tripinnatum VsTszgQX, Jones). Found in 1886, 
at Dundonald, by Mr. Praeger. 27 X 7 inches. A distinct tripinnate 
form. 
15. serrulatum, Wollaston (deltoides-decompositum, Stansjield). 
Raised by Messrs. F. W. and H.Stansfield. It is stipitate, deltoid, 
and decompound ; with strongly toothed pinnules. 
16. splendens, Lowe (decompositum splendens Moly, Wollaston). 
Found in 1875, in S. Devon, by Mr. J. Moly. Contrast of develop- 
ment in centre of frond remarkable. 34x5 inches. From this 
Mr. E. F. Fox raised the grand divisolobums named by the late 
Colonel Jones, densum , robustum, and laxum; described in Section 8 . 
17. tripinnatum, Moore. A confusion has occurred with regard 
to this plant ; it was originally found by Mr. R. Tracy Millett, 
of Penzance, and named by Mr. Moore. (See page 155, vol. I. 
