BRITISH FERNS 
LV 
BRACHIATO-CRISTATUM GREY (Hall. ) 
Mr. Robert Grey, Newlands, Alphington, near Exeter. 
5. Devon. 1854. 
ТО GIR 
Syn. GREYI (Moore) 
The first and still the most brachiate and crested form, and un- 
equalled in its fine, robust character. When found it had five 
crowns, only one of which then showed brachiation, but under 
cultivation all the others subsequently developed it. It was found 
close to the sea, near Exmouth, growing on stiff soil, which is 
generally considered to be so unfavourable to the production of 
varieties in P. angulare. 
The forms of brachiato-cristatum had for a long time seemed 
peculiar to the South and South-west of England until the 
present year, when a plant with the same unmistakable character 
was found in the North of Ireland by Mr. W. H. Philips, of 
Holywood, Co. Down, 3 

