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Multifidam and Ramosum Series. 
115. lobatum (Deak.). This form is the least developed of the 
multifid series, and includes all those in which the apex of the frond 
is forked once or oftener, without becoming crispy or cristate. It is 
otherwise normal, and is met with in various gradations, but is only 
subpèrmanent. The more highly developed forms of this character, 
branching into five or six or more distinct apices each growing to a 
moderate size, become the var. dedaleum of some of the older books. 
It is not uncommon. 
116. transverso-lobatum (M.). A form of lobatum not very un- 
common, in which the apical lobes are curved laterally so as to cross 
each other; the lobes are generally again lobate at the apex, very i 
frequently ramose, and more or less crenately lobate on the inner 
side. It has been found at Nettlecombe by Mr. Elworthy; at 
Castle Howard, and Gordale Scars, by Messrs. Stansfield; and near 
Doncaster by Mr. S. Appleby. 
117. plumoso-lobatum (M.). An interesting form of lobatum, in 
which the frond is narrowed below, and forked towards the apex, the 
branches again forking once or twice, so that the apex consists of 
a few attenuated lobes three or four inches long, which curving more 
or less have the appearance of a plume of feathers. It was found by 
Mr. Elworthy at Nettlecombe, Somersetshire. 
118. elato-lobatum (M.). A tall-growing stout erect form of 
lobatum, two feet high, dividing into several branches at the apex ; 
the branches being either divergent or convergent and transverse. It 
was found at Littlehampton, Sussex, by Mr. Wollaston. 
119. furcatum (Woll.). This variety has the apex of the fronds 
split exactly down the midvein, the divisions crossing in a curved 
manner, and the forks curving like the upper mandible of a parrot : 
occasionally growing on as in other multifid forms, and dividing in 
the same way over and over again. The lower portion of the frond 
is normal. It is cultivated by Mr. Cox of Redleaf. 
120. divaricatum (M.). This variety, which is normal below, 
divides near the top into two branches, which spread out at a wide 
angle; these fork again in the same manner. We have received it 

