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No. s. 
Athyrium Roth. 
98 Filix-foemlna grandiceps M . — habit very dwarf, terminal tufts or crests 
of fronds very dense and so large as frequently to be several 
inches across; distinguished from allied forms by the singular 
roundness or globose character of the tassels, both terminally and 
laterally. A most beatiful fern 3 
99 — grandiceps, large type Is. 6d. to 2 
100 — grandidens M. 2 
101 — Grantise M . — this remarkably fine and distinct variety has fronds 
about 1 foot in length, ovate in outline ; pinnae almost close to- 
gether, pinnules dense and somewhat overlapping, giving the whole 
frond a crispy appearance ... 5s. to 10 
102 — Howardianum Stansf. 3 
103 — incisum Newman 2 
104 — irregulare M . — finely divided pinnae, much abbreviated near the 
rachis: an interesting variety 2s. 6d. to 5 
105 — laciniatum M. 2 
106 majus M. 2s. 6d. to 5 
107 — laciniato-augustum — fronds 12 to 18 inches in length, and \ to \ in 
breadth; upper pinnae deeply incised, in some instances to the main 
rachis. A very elegant and most distinct variety 3 
108 — laciniato-confluens M. 3s. 6d. to 5 
109 — laciniato-lineatum M. 3s. 6d. to 5 
110 — laciniato-truncatum M . — this beautiful variety is of medium size ; 
frond narrow from the pinnae being much abbreviated or truncated, 
pinnules deeply laciniated ; the whole plant of a fine dark green 
colour. Of the laciniate forms it is one of the best 2s. 6d. to 5 
111 — latifolium Babbington 2 
112 multifidum Stansf. 3 
113 — marinum M. 2s. 6d. to 3 
114 — minimum M. 2s. 6d. to 3 
115 — mucronatum M. 2 
116 — multiceps M . — a variety intermediate in character betwixt the well- 
known A. F. f. depauperatum and some of the crested forms — 
extremely beautiful 2s. 6d. to 3 
117 — multifurcatum M. 2 
118 — multicuspe M. 2 
119 — multifidum M . — fronds and pinnae variously multifid or tasselled: a 
very graceful and beautiful variety Is. 6d. to 5 
120 — multifidum nanum M . — this may be described as an improved multi - 
fidum, being much more densely multifid both laterally and termin- 
ally : habit of plant dwarf and compact — a very distinct and 
handsome fern 2s. 6d. to 3 
121 angustatum 3s. 6d. to 5 
122 — oxydens M. 2 
123 — pannosum M . — a thin, delicate, and finely divided form — extremely 
elegant 3 
124 — pannoso-difiisssum M. 3 
125 — Parsoniae M. 2 
126 — parviceps M. 2 
127 — plumosum M . — the broadly lanceolate fronds, which attain a length 
of fully 3 feet, and a breadth of 12 inches, are almost membranaceous 
in texture, are feathery, and exquisitely divided, and possess the 
rare property of bearing naked sori (at the sinuses of the narrow 
secondary pinnules) : a perfectly unique variety, originally sent out 
from here, and, despite the host of “charming novelties,” still 
incomparably the handsomest of the large- growing, noncrested lady 
ferns 2s. 6d. to 21 
128 — plumoso-multifidum Stansf . — a feathery form of multifidum 2s. 6d. to 10 
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