430 BRITISH FERNS 
LXXXII 
WAKELYANUM (Moore) 
Thomas Russell (a navigator) S. Devon. 1860. 
2 tb ia: 
Syn. CRUCIATO-MULTIFIDUM RUSSELL (9702) 
By Capt. Jones, from a seedling of the original. The first 
multifid form of cruciation, and named after Miss Wakely, of 
Rose Mount, Axminster. It was found by “а navvy,” working 
on the line then being constructed between Yeovil and Exeter, 
and was given by him to Miss Wakely, from gratitude for the 
instruction that he and his comrades had derived from the schools 
in which Miss Wakely was interested. 
The original plant was purchased by Messrs. Ivery, by whom 
this variety was distributed. About twelve years afterwards a 
very similar specimen was found by Mr. Wills, about five miles 
more to the east. Mr. Wills's plant—which was little more than a 
seedling when discovered—is probably the more robust form and 
is more multifid, 


