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SCOLOPENDRIUM OFFICINARUM, v. CRISPUM, Willdenow, Sp. Plant. v. 349. Link, 
Fil. Sp. 86. Mettenius, Fil. Hort. Bot. Lips. 67. 
PHYLLITIS CRISPA, J. Bauhin, Hist. Plant. ii. 749. 
Var. variabile : fronds oblong strap-shaped, rounded or sometimes 
lobate at the apex, the margin often divided to the costa into one 
or more rounded or subreniform lobes; stipes frequently bearing a 
distinct reniform lobe ; rarely the entire frond consists of two kidney- 
shaped opposite stalked branches. [Plate LXXXVIII.] 
SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE, V. VARIABILE, Wollaston MS. Moore, Ferns of Gt. 
Brit. Nature Printed, under t. 42; Id., Handb. Brit. Ferns, 3 ed. 207. 
Var. multifidum: fronds irregular, many-times furcately divided 
near the apex, the divisions variously multifid-crisped; fertile; 
stipes undivided. [Plate LXXXIX.] 
SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE, v. MULTIFIDUM, Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. ii. 15. 
Moore, Handb. Brit. Ferns, 3 ed. 198; Id., Ferns of Gt. Brit. Nature 
Printed, under t. 42 (excl. the vars. ramosum d: lobatum). Sowerby, Ferns 
of Great Brit., 61. 
ScOLOPENDRIUM OFFIOINARUM, V. MULTIFIDUM, Schkuhr, Krypt. Gew. IO ELE 
fig. b. Willdenow, Sp. Plant. v. 849. Link, Fil. Sp. 86. 
PHYLLITIS MULTIFIDA, Gerard; Ray, Synop. 117. 
Var. ramosum : stipes branched ; fronds irregular, short, dense; 
the branches plane below, densely multifid-crisped at the apex. 
SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE, v. RAMOSUM, Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Plants ii. 15. 
Moore, Handb. Brit. Ferns, 3 ed. 199. 
SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE, v. DEDALEUM, Deakin, Florigr. Brit. iv. 79, fig. c. 
SCOLOPENDRIUM OFFICINARUM, v. RAMOSUM, Willdenow, Sp. Plant. v. 350. 
Link, Fil. Sp. 86. 
Var. laceratum: fronds broadly ovate (sometimes on the same 
plant strap-shaped), the margin more or less undulate deeply inciso- 
lobate; lobes unequally prolonged, the apex multifid-crisped; basal 
pair of lobes sometimes much elongated and multifid-crisped at the 
end. [Plate XCII.] 
SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE, V. LACERATUM, Moore, Handb. Brit. Ferns, 2 ed. 
175; 3 ed. 199; Id., Ferns of Gt. Brit. Nature Printed, t. 42, fig. 10. 
Sowerby, Ferns of Gt. Brit. 61. 
SCOLOPENDRIUM YULGARE, v. SERRATUM, of gardens. 
SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE, v. PALMATUM, of gardens. 
SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE, v. ENDIVLEFOLIUM, of gardens. 


