134 BRITISH FERNS.— SUB-ORDER II. TRIBE 10 . 
Near Chepstow, except when growing with great luxuriance, the 
Hart’s-tongue is scarcely ever flat-fronded ; it is mostly undulate 
(or wavy), and often crisp. The beautiful form of Harts-tongue, 
known as crispum, is more abundant in Monmouthshire than in 
the whole of the rest of the United Kingdom. Within the last 
few years, not more than half-a-dozen miles from Chepstow, more 
than fifty plants of “crispum” have been found ; and of these 
twenty-nine were discovered by the late Colonel Jones, between 
Caerwent and Shirenewton ; whilst on the opposite side of the 
Wye, near Tidenham, Major Cowburn has found nineteen, for 
which refer to section “crispum” in the descriptions of the 
varieties of Scolopendrium vulgare. 
Mr. Wollaston proposed the name, pseudo-?nas, for one of these 
species ; but Fee, in “Iconogr. Nouv.” uses the same name for 
Filix-mas , whilst Aspidium paleaceum Don “Prod. FI. Nepal” 
has been adopted years ago for var. paleacea, Moore , “Nature- 
Printed Ferns.” (This is the type of the normal form of the sub- 
evergreen fern under discussion, after the present species ; and no 
more appropriate name could be suggested.) 
THE MALE FERN. 
Nephrodium Filix-mas.— Richard . 
The normal form is large, but less elegant than N. paleaceum ; 
texture of the frond thinner, colour paler and less shining ; 
partially deciduous. The fronds become broken at the ground by 
autumnal winds, and lie prostrate, whilst those of N. paleaceum 
retain their erect position until the spring fronds are ready to 
unfold. It is a common fern in this country. 
Varieties. 
1. acrocladon, Lowe. Raised by the late Mr. A. Clapham, of 
Scarborough. A shield-fern-looking plant with deep green fronds, 
which are digitately crested, except towards the apex ; the extreme 
tip is however crested. Pinnules deeply incised. Length of frond, 
2 feet. 
2. acuto-furcatum, Barnes. Found in 1873, on Borwick Moor, 
by Mr. J. Bolton. A neat crested variety with very acute fronds. 
3. argenteum; Phillips. A white variegated variety, found in 
Ulster by Mr. W. H. Phillips. 
4. athyrioides, Lowe. More like the “ Lady ” than the “Male 
Fern.” ’ Raised from lineare. A pretty variety, with fronds 
gradually becoming narrow and ending in a sharp-pointed tip. 
Pinnae attenuated at the tips, and occasionally depauperate at 
the base. Pinnules linear, deeply cut, and curving upwards, giving 
a very dentate appearance. 32 x 9 inches (at base, only inches). 
5. attenuato-multifidum, Wollaston. Found in 1864, in Mar- 
dale, by Mr. J. M. Barnes, of Milnthorpe. A graceful variety, 
with narrow finely-cut pinnules. 
6. attenuatum, Padlcy. Found in 1864, in North Devon, by the 
