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half an inch from the summit and having these crested at 
the tip. Each pinna at its tip assumes more or less the 
same appearance. M. 
59. Holy’s Slender-crested A. E. Cristato-gracile Molyi. 
This is the handsomest of the crested Ferns of the Axe. 
The fronds are about a foot long and broadly lance-shaped. 
The apex of the frond and of each pinna is crested and even 
the leaflets are minutely crested likewise. The leaflets are 
oblong, with a small auricle, and in all cases the basal ones 
are crested. M. Axminster and Coaxdon. 
60. Clustered A. F. Corymbiferum, This branches 
about three inches from the head of the frond into five or 
six parts, which repeatedly branch again into as many as 
fifteen divisions, forming a dense head, which causes it to 
lean on one side and not retain so erect a position as 
so noble a plant has a right to do. The mid-rib is semi- 
transparent and the colour of the foliage a delicate green. 
M. Axminster. 
61. Partly-headed A. F. Subcapitatum, This difiers 
from the preceding in not having all its fronds branched : 
neither do the branches cluster together, but form a broad, 
flat, hand-shaped apex. M. Hawkchurch. 
62. Much-cleft A. F. Multijidim, The peculiarity here 
appears in having the upper half of the frond divided into 
two great branches and these subdivided into several 
smaller without a tasseled appearance as in the preceding 
variety. Axminster and Musbury. 
63. Unequal A. F. Incequale, The name is a clue to 
the distinctive character of this variety. Most of the 
leaflets are oblong egg-shaped, bluntish, with a spine at the 
tip and an auricle at the base, but it is the inequality of 
their size, some being broader and some narrower, that 
constitutes the chief difference. Occasionally we meet with 
a misshapen leaflet, especially at the upper part of the frond 
where it is fertile. The pinnae, however, are all symmetrical. 
This is a neat looking irregular form. M. 
64. Netherton Hall A. F. Euprepes, A frond of this 
marked variety has been kindly furnished by the Eev. C. 
Padley. Though this is one of the irregular forms it may 
be described as broadly lance-shaped. Its frond is about 
