BRITISH FERNS. 
6g 
Name. 
omnilucerum 
Bennett 
o. sitperbum 
Where Found 
or Raised. 
Goodrich Castle. 
Cornwall 
Finder or Raiser and 
Date. 
Bennett (1848). . 
Williams (1000) 
pluma 
Tintem 
Cowburn (1SC1) 
pnlcherrimum 
Whitbarrow . . 
Addison (1801) . . 
ramosum . . 
Hants . . 
Hillman (1860) . . 
r. Watson 
semilacerum 
s. grande 
Several 
Wicklow 
Watson 
Several 
(1862) 
s. Loweii 
s. robustum 
s. truncatum 
Athlone 
Whitbarrow 
Levens .. 
Col. Lowe 
Barnes (1S03) 
J. M. Barnes (1863) . , 
b. undulatum 
erra 
Lanes. .. 
Wilson 
Description. 
Very fine ; far better than 
last when in form. 
A magnificent form; 
robust ; pinnules 2 inches 
long. 
Intermediate between cam- 
bricum and pulcherri- 
mum ; slightly fertile. 
A splendid . tripinnatifld 
variety a la cambricum, 
but coarser and fertile. 
Branches repeatedly ; nice 
form. 
Twice divided, bipinnatifld. 
A magnificent form ; fronds 
finely cut, circular, and 
huge, 12 inches across. 
Dense imbricate. 
Splendid foliose form. 
Frond and pinnte truncate 
and horned. 
Densely lobed. 
Fine foliose, serrate form. 
The Beech Fern (P. phegopteris) and Oak Fern 
(P. dryopteris). 
The Beech Fern and Oak Fern, the latter especially, form 
charming specimens if grown in pans in loose leafy compost. 
P. DRYOPTERIS (OAK FERN), 
