BRITISH FERNS 
XXVI 
PotypactyLa DADDS (Woll) 
John Dadds. Raised, 1872. 
3 ft. 
There are few Ferns grander, more distinct, and more graceful ;— 
owing to its upstanding habit, the frond itself will not bend under 
the heavy crest,—so the latter has to bend down, which it does in 
а way and with a grace rarely seen. It is a dark-complexioned 
Fern, yet with a clear lustrous look, and the flat digitate endings 
of the рипа stand out in a way that is very striking. It is said 
to have been raised from furcans, to which it has, no doubt, some 
points of resemblance, but it must have better blood in it than 
that. 

