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[Var. Ramosum (Mei). England, Cornwall; fruitful. Syn. cristatum (Moore, Br. 
Ferns, p. 109). 
Lophodium fragrans (Newm.); [subvar. multifidum, Wol.] 
England: G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 
[Loph. spinosa] (Newm.) ; subvar. multifidum (Wol.). 
England: G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 
Gymnocarpium Phegopteris (Newm.); subvar. [multifidum (Wol.)]; specimen com¬ 
municated by G. B. Wollaston, Esq. In combination with subvar. Sinuatum 
(Mei) q. v. 
Cystopteris fragilis (Newm.) ; var. multifidum (Mei). 
England : G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 
[Cystopteris Dickieana] (Sims); var. multifidum (Mei). 
Cultivated plants, Col. Bot. Gardens. 
Cultivated plants, G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 
Ctenopteris vulgaris (Newm.) ; subvar. (multifidum) (Mei) ; ut antea. X 1 and 2, 
common; Z, rare. Fig. Newm. Br. Ferns, p. 111. Clare, Wicklow, Dublin; 
occurs here generally in only one frond of a plant. 
England : Newm. Brit. Ferns. G. B. Wollaston, Esq. 
Syn. bifidum (Moore) ; proliferum (ib.); multifidum (col.). 
Trichomanes speciosum (Wilden) ; subvar. multifidum (Mei) ; ut antea. Z. One 
frond in cultivated plant. 
Hymenophyllum Tunbridgense (Smith) ;-subvar. multifidum (Mei). A fine speci¬ 
men of X 2, among plants of this fern brought from Killarney, by James 
Haughton, Esq.,jun., 1853. 
Hymen. Wilsoni; subvar. multifidum (Mei). X2; Killarney. G. B. Wollaston, 
Esq. Dr. H. Allchin. Very fine. 
Osmunda Regalis (Linn) ; subvar. multifidum (Mei). Z, very rare. I have seen 
but one specimen ; on a plant brought from Killarney, by Professor R. W. Smith. 
Botrychium Lunaria (Smith) ; subvar. multifidum (Mei). 
Ireland: X2; Mack. Flor. Hib., 346, and Kilnasantan, 1854. 
England: Newm., Br. Ferns. T. Buchanan, Esq. G. B. Wollaston,Esq. 
Syn. Ramosum (auct). 
Lunaria minor ramosa (Ray). 
Ophioglossum vulgatum (Linn); subvar., X2, multifidum (Mei). 
Ireland: Kilnasantan, 1854. 
Newm. Brit. Ferns. Deakin’s, Flor. Brit., p. 33. 
Syn. Ramosum (auct.) 
BRITISH SPECIES REPRESENTED IN FOLLOWING : — 
Multifidum. 
Adiantum . 
One species. 
Ramosum. 
Not represented. 
Eupteris. 
One 
n 
Not represented. 
Lomaria 
One 
ii 
One species. 
Notolepeum . 
One 
ii 
Not represented. 
Phyllitis. 
One 
ii 
One species. 
Amesium . 
One 
ii 
One species. 
Asplenium . 
Six* 
ii 
Three species; two doubtful. 
Three species (?) 
Athyrium 
Two 
ii 
Polystichum 
Three 
ii 
Not represented. 
Lophodium 
Five 
ii 
One species. 
Gymnocarpium. 
One 
ii 
Not represented. 
Cystopteris . 
Two 
ii 
77 
Woodsia? . 
One 
77 
17 
Ctenopteris . 
One 
11 
77 
Hymenophyllum 
Two 
11 
77 
Trichomanes . 
One 
77 
Osmunda 
One 
77 
Ophioglossum. 
One 
75 
77 
Botrychium 
One 
77 
77 
Genera unrepresented—Pseudathyrium, Hemestheum, Allosurus, Gymnogramma. 
* Including Fontanum as British. 
