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foot it is two inches broad, then it soon becomes twice as 
broad, when again it soon contracts itself terminating 
with a fork, which curls and hangs down. The leaflets are 
bristle-pointed and the stalk and mid-stem are densely 
covered with scales. The length of the frond is seventeen 
inches and upward. 
54. Crested A. F. Cristatum, The tip of the fronds 
and of each pinna are a little widened and then so finely 
divided that this may be truly called a crested Fern. The 
specimens are not so striking as those of the Crested Male 
Fern which are so often exhibited in conservatories. The 
curly tufts appear much more in the head of the plant than 
in the pinnse, M. Axminster, Hawkchurch, and Wootton 
Fitzpaine. 
55. Bristly Crested A. F. Setoso-cristatum, This variety 
has a very bristly foliage, with pinnae occasionally stunted 
and leaflets sometimes wanting. The apex of each frond 
is finely crested, and frequently the apex of the pinnae. 
M. Axminster. 
56. Crested Long-armed A. F. Brachiato-cristatum, 
The distinguishing characteristic of this and the next 
variety is that the lowest pinna is much longer than the 
rest and the frond many times branched at the summit. 
The frond is about eighteen inches high. The leaflets, 
if the auricles are removed, are oblong in form, and in the 
pinnae in the lower half of the frond are frequently shorter 
near the rachis than those near the apex. M. Axminster. 
56a. Gray’s Crested Long-armed A. F. Brachiato- 
cristatum Grayi, This is much smaller than the preceding ; 
nine inches high, and nearly prostrate in growth. The apex 
of the frond and pinnae are crested. The leaflets in the 
higher part of the frond vary considerably, though they are 
by no means distorted or unpleasant to the eye. M. 
Hawkchurch. 
57. Wedge-shaped Crested A. F. Cuneato-cristatum. 
Here we have the wedge-shaped variety with its apex and 
pinna© beautifully crested. The plant also is variegated. 
M. Hawkchurch. 
58. Small-headed A. F. Barviceys, This differs from 
the preceding in dividing into two little portions about 
