BRITISH FERNS. 
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finest crested forms fell to our own lot in Devonshire, where it is 
far less abundant. Varieties in this species are seldom “ roguish,” 
as in the male Ferns, i.e., partial and inconstant. 
Name. 
Where Founi 
or Raised. 
Finder or Raiser and 
Date. 
Descrip ' on. 
attenuate 
Mardale 
J. M. Barnes 
Caudate and crested. 
cristata 
(18C5) 
Barnesii .. 
.. 
ti •• 
A most remarkable mrrow 
form, with pinnae set step 
fashion on the fronds ; one 
of the uniques when found, 
but subsequently closely 
matched by others. 
angustifrons 
Patterdale 
G. Whitwell .. 
Simi ar to Barnesii. 
breviloba.. 
Mardale 
J. M. Barn ps 
Pinnules evenly reduced. 
(1S61) 
angusta 
Staveley 
J. Westlake 
Multifld, ramose head. 
apuieformis 
Swindale 
J. M. Barnes 
(1863) 
caudate cristata . . 
Itydal Head 
Crouch (186 1) .. 
Caudate, small crests. 
caudata 
Mardale 
J. K. Hodgson 
Caudate terminals. 
(1868) 
concinnata 
Loughi igg 
Crouch (1866) 
A form of revolvens. 
congests . . 
Langdale 
J. M. Barnes 
Densely foliose. 
(1873) 
Various 
Various 
All good forms. 
coronans 
Langdale 
J. M. Barnes 
A splendid crested form. 
(1872) 
cor.vrabifera 
Grasmere 
J. Garnett (1889) 
Buncli-crested. 
crispatissima 
Troulheck 
J. Gott (1SS0) 
Very dense and crispy. 
crispata 
Clougha 
J. Stewartson 
Crispate. 
crispa 
Furness Fell 
J. M. Barnes 
Undulate pinnules. 
(1865) 
„ Bell 
Coniston 
Bell (1880) 
W. Forster 
,, ,, 
crispo angustata . . 
Patterdale 
Narrow crispy. 
crispo congesta . . 
Coniston 
J. M. Barnes, jun. . . 
Dense crispy. 
cristata 
— 
J. M. Barnes (r.) 
Narrow flue crested. 
angustata 
cristate gracile .. 
North Devon . . 
C. T. Druery (1888) . . 
Slpnder and finely tasselled. 
cristata 
Westmore- 
J. M. Barnes 
Finely crested form. 
land 
(1871) 
„ .. 
Monmouth 
T. H. Thomas 
Crested. 
curta 
Wyresdale 
Hanley (1S79) . . 
Fronds erect narrow, very 
pretty. 
curvata 
Farleton 
J. J. Jones 
Pinnae deflexed, frond 
Knots 
(1803) 
attenuate. 
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G irsdale 
J. M. Barnes (1866) .. 
Pimue deflexed, robust. 
dccurrens 
Coniston 
G. Whitwell (1887) . . 
Similar. 
Garsdale 
J. M. Billies 
Pinnules decurrent. 
grandiceps 
— 
Barnes (r.) 
Heavily tasselled. 
,, 
Martindale 
Smithies (1886) 
Branching and crested. 
pluniosa . . 
Little Lang- 
T. Airey . . 
True plumosnnn, grand 
dale 
, varieties. Foliose finely 
polydactyla 
Patterfell 
G. Whitwell .. 
cut. 
Various 
Various 
Terminals many pointed. 
ramo-coronans . . 
— 
Barnes (r.) 
Branched and crested. 
ramo-cristata 
— 
„ (r.) .. 
See concinnata. 
revolvens .. 
— 
truncata . . 
Many 
Many 
All terminals truncate and 
horned, curious but worth 
having ; should be called 
“excurrens." 
furcillata .. 
Fr strow 
O. Whitwell (1879) . . 
Furcillate tips. 
fllifera 
— 
J. Wiper (r.) .. 
Most remarkable form, pin- 
nules deeply incised with 
long attenuate points, 
bulbiferous at base. 
gracilis 
Hawkshead 
J. Wiper (1889) 
F'-’ely incised pinnules. 
latifolium 
Cautley 
G. Whitwell (1882) . 
B -d fronded, robust. 
retiexa 
Coniston 
J. Stewardson (1881) 
P, 11 . ' like ringlets. 
simplex 
Mardale 
J. M. Barnes 
lb. m u imple, resembles P. 
stricta-Whitwell . 
(1867) 
VII g 0 0 . 
Cautley 
G. Whitwell (1882) 
fronds very narrow. 
