342 BRITISH FERNS 
XL 
SEMILACERUM GRANDE ( Jones) 
(Unknown.) Wicklow. 1862. 
I ft. 2 in. 
By Mr. Barnard Hankey. The details of the discovery of this 
magnificent variety are unknown. All that can be traced of its 
history is as follows: “Years ago one of the Beresford family, 
a friend of ours, went to Ireland and was presented when in 
Wicklow with a fine clump of semilacerum ; this was divided, and 
a portion came to me,—in due course I divided my portion, and 
observed at the time there was some difference in growth,—I there- 
fore kept what was inclined to sport, quite distinct from the 
original bit, and whenever a normal frond appeared I stopped it— 
this bit never gives me more than a few fronds perannum. I must 
have had it more than fifteen years at least. ”— Note by Mr. Barnard 
Hankey. 


