BRITISH FERNS 
LXXXIV 
CONGESTA (Woll.) 
Mr. Hindson, Kirkby Lonsdale. Westmoreland. 1872. 
2 145; O IME 
The following information was obtained by Mr. Barnes from 
Mr. Craig: “Тһе plant was found in the neighbourhood of Kirkby 
Lonsdale,—Mr. Hindson, a wine and spirit merchant of that 
place, and Mr. Lodge, a barber, being in company; they took 
home both roots and fronds, but the roots never grew ;—when they 
found the plants were dead they went for more, but could not find 
it again;—Craig had a portion of a frond at the time of its 
discovery, butit got laid aside for two or three years,—it was then 
sown and two plants were raised, one worthless, the other you 
have seen.” š 
Mr. Craig’s plant is quite a sight, —more like a bush than a fern. 

