112 THE FLORIST. 



has the under surface of its fronds of a beautiful golden hue ; Actini- 

 opteris radiata, which resembles a miniature herbaceous Palm; Aspleni- 

 dictyon Finlaysonianum, and IMeniscium salicifolium, bold-looking, 

 handsome, pinnate Ferns : Polypodium Khasyanum, with long, narrow, 

 elegant, pinnatifid fronds ; and Gymnogramma microphylla, a small, 

 much divided Fern, admirably suited for a miniature greenhouse. 



From Borneo is figured the Trichomanes Pluma, a remarkably elegant 

 and graceful plant. From Java, two beautiful Polypodinms — P. seti- 

 gerum, which has flexile, sub-pellucid simple fronds, glittering with 

 golden brown, from the aureo-fuscous hairs which cover them, and 

 P. papillosum, a gracefully pinnatifid species ; and besides these a bold, 

 noble-looking pinnate Fern, Oxygon ium cordifolium ; an allied species, 

 0. elegans, being from the Philippines. 



From New Zealand there are many fine Ferns yet to be procured. 

 Of these we find, among the figures before us, two elegant small Ferns, 

 here referred as varieties, under the names of Richardi and Colensoi, 

 to Asplenium adiantoides, but which probably deserve to be kept apart 

 fi*om that species. Leptopteris superba, from the same country, a 

 near ally of the rare Fern known commonly as Todea pellucida, now 

 Leptopteris hymenophylloides, certainly stands in the first rank of 

 ornamental Ferns. From tropical New Holland, we have the Adiantum- 

 like Lindsaea media ; and from the South Sea Isles, the very elegant 

 Asplenium Novae- Caledonice. 



The South American continent has furnished many illustrations. 

 From South Brazil we have Lastrea Klotzschi, a small and pretty 

 plant ; and Asplenium mucronatum, a pendulous, flaccid Fern, with 

 long, narrow, pinnato-pinnatifid fronds. From San Gabriel, on the Pdo 

 Negro, two beautiful species of Trichomanes ; T. Spruceanum, named 

 after the naturalist who is now exploring the botanical riches of that 

 part of South America ; and T. bicornis. From French Guiana, Gym- 

 nopteris semi-pinnatifida, a Fern of the bold striking class. From the 

 Quitinian Andes, Polypodium semi-adnatum, with long, narrow pen- 

 dulous pinnate fronds. From Mexico and Guatemala, Cheilanthes 

 ochracea, another species with a golden under-surface ; Nephrodium 

 Skinneri, and Adiantum glaucophyllum. 



The island of Jamaica is extremely rich in these plants. Here, we 

 find from this source, Asplenium Purd"eanum, a bold pinnate Fern, with 

 the aspect of A. Finlaysonianum ; Hymenophyllum undulatum, H. 

 fucoides, and H. asplenioides, small species of an elegant genus. 



We have thus indicated some of the more ornamental of the species 

 figured in the " Century ;" all being plants which it would be extremely 

 desirable to add in a living state to our cultivated collections ; and all 

 of which ought to be tolerably accessible to the collectors of plants. 

 Ferns are so easily transmitted by the aid of Wardian cases, that we 

 may hope to see many of them, ere long, flourishing in our hothouses. 



Our readers will find this series of illustrations well worth con- 

 sulting ; and we strongly recommend that they should avail themselves 

 of them, as well as urge their foreign correspondents to aid in intro- 

 ducing the living plants. 



