. British ferns and their varieties. XXXII Lastrea filix-mas, war. crispata Hodgson 328 BRITISH FERNS XXXIII Lastrea Montana, var. grandiceps {Barnes) Mr. J. M. Barnes. (Raised) 1872. 1 ft. 6 in. A seedling from cristata Barnes. (See note to No. XXXV.). XXXIII LASTREA MONTANA, Var. GRANDICEPS BARNES 330 BRITISH FERNS XXXIV Digitata Mrs. Hodgson (Jones)Mrs. J. K. Hodgson, Ulverstone. Westmoreland. (Raised) 1875. 1 ft. 9 in. It is clearly to the credit of this variety, that with such strongnatural temptation to break out into extravagance—as is evidentfrom the conduct of its pinna?—the plant its
. British ferns and their varieties. XXXII Lastrea filix-mas, war. crispata Hodgson 328 BRITISH FERNS XXXIII Lastrea Montana, var. grandiceps {Barnes) Mr. J. M. Barnes. (Raised) 1872. 1 ft. 6 in. A seedling from cristata Barnes. (See note to No. XXXV.). XXXIII LASTREA MONTANA, Var. GRANDICEPS BARNES 330 BRITISH FERNS XXXIV Digitata Mrs. Hodgson (Jones)Mrs. J. K. Hodgson, Ulverstone. Westmoreland. (Raised) 1875. 1 ft. 9 in. It is clearly to the credit of this variety, that with such strongnatural temptation to break out into extravagance—as is evidentfrom the conduct of its pinna?—the plant itself should never havelost its head—for the apex of the frond shows no signs of crestingor even of furcation. Mrs. Hodgson writes : When found, itdid not show any digitate character, only a few of the pinnae werejust bifid—but it was very young, only about eight inches high ; ithas gone on improving, but I dont think it has ever had a fronddivided at the apex ; I found it in Langdale. Mr. Barnes includes under the name polydactyla the varietyfound nearly twenty years ago by Mr. Clarke, of the Glasgow BotanicGardens, and long known in the trade as cristata ; this, like poly-dactylous forms generally, is crested at the apex ; also cristataC
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