. British ferns and their varieties. Ferns. THE POLYSTICHUMS 203 Imbricatum (Plate XXX).—Found in Somerset by Mr. Ehvorthy ; fronds narrow, pinn?e blunt, and pinnules dense and overlapping ; Fig. 229. P. ang. inciso-acittiiin. Inciso-acutum (Fig. 229).—Found in Lancashire by Mr. A. Stansfield ; a robust form, with long, falcate pinnules, deeply cut. Inequale variegatum.—Nearly normal in make, but distinctly speckled with pure white, the tissue being somewhat contracted when white, but not enough to disfigure the plant. I. V. POLYDACTYLUM.—A cross obtained by Col. Jones with a pol
. British ferns and their varieties. Ferns. THE POLYSTICHUMS 203 Imbricatum (Plate XXX).—Found in Somerset by Mr. Ehvorthy ; fronds narrow, pinn?e blunt, and pinnules dense and overlapping ; Fig. 229. P. ang. inciso-acittiiin. Inciso-acutum (Fig. 229).—Found in Lancashire by Mr. A. Stansfield ; a robust form, with long, falcate pinnules, deeply cut. Inequale variegatum.—Nearly normal in make, but distinctly speckled with pure white, the tissue being somewhat contracted when white, but not enough to disfigure the plant. I. V. POLYDACTYLUM.—A cross obtained by Col. Jones with a polydactylous form to which the variegation was exactly trans- mitted. (Fig. 230).—Found at Torqua\' by Miss Annie Kitson ; a very distinct form, somewiiat resembling a grandiceps, but with less-developed tassels. Pinnules very small and frond terminal much branched ; its chief peculiarity is a tendency on the part of the pinnulets to form tassels. Latifolium.—Found by Mr. Moly in S. Devon ; very fine, long lower pinnules. I,ATiFOLio-GRANDic^PS.—Raised by Col. Jones ; broad, heavily crested fronds. Latipes Parsons.—Fine foliose form. Laxo-cristatum Praeger.—Found Castle Dobbs ; lax habit and crested. Lineare (Plate XXX).—Found in Jersey by Mr. James and else- where by Moly, Tait, and Wells, but on varied lines ; the peculiarity of the section is tlie great tenuity of the subdivisions, which are more or less suppressed or reduced to rudiments at the centre of the frond \ the terminal subdivisions are indistinctly separated or confluent \ very Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Druery, Chas. T. (Charles Thomas), 1843-1917. London : G. Routledge and Sons, Limted ; New York : E. P. Dutton and Co.
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