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Aconitiun — cojitinued* 



the greater part of Europe and Central Asia, very few 

 species being found in North America. A, dissectum is 

 the only addition calling for mention. 



A. dissectum (dissected). This plant has much in common with 

 A, ^^apellus, but it is more hairy ; the principal difference is ex- 

 hibited in ttie narrower helmet of the flowers. Himalayas. 1885. 

 (R. G. 1886, p. 226, f. 16.) 



ACROSTICHimi. The species number upwards of 

 180. To those described on pp. 18-20, Vol, I., the following 

 should now be added : 



A, Lechlerianum (Lechler's). rhiz. woody, wide-scandent, scaly. 

 ati. tin. to 12in. lonj^, firm, erect, scaly downwards, fronds 3ft. to 

 4ft. long, lin. to Uin. broad, the barren one quadripinnatifid ; 

 lower pinnae 6in. to 9in. long, 4in. to 5in. broad ; pinnules close, 

 lanceolate; segments oblong, deeply lobed; rachises pubescent; 

 fertde pinnules narrower, distant, the segments oblong-cylindrical, 

 with a space between them, the lower ones rather beaded. Peru 

 and Ecuador, 1886. Stove. Syn. Polybotrya Echleriana (G, C. 

 n. s., XXV., pp. 400-1). 



A magnum (large), rhiz. sub-erect, the basal pale^e small, 

 nearly black. sH. tufted, those of the barren fronds Sin. to 4in. 

 long, barren fronds 2ft. to 3it. long, IMn. to 2in. broad, narrowed 

 gradually to both ends, the palese of the upper surface numerous, 

 minute, whitish, those of the under side ferruginous, British 

 Uuiana, 1880. Stove. Syn. Elaphoglossum magnum, 



ADENOCARPUS. This genus embraces eight specie?, 

 natives of Mediterranean and South-western Europe, ll^orth 

 and tropical Africa, and the Canary Islands. To those 



described on p. 23, Vol. I., the following should now be 

 added: 



A decorticans (barkless).* /. bright yellow, Pea-like, in short, 

 compact nicemes. I, densely set, two or three-foliolate ; leaflets 

 linear, soft, dark green. Spain, 1885. A beautiful, half-hardv, 

 evergreen shnib. having the general aspect of furze. (G. C. n. s., 

 XXV., p. IcD'j It. H. 1883, p. 156 ) 



ADESMIA. About 110 species have been referred 

 to this genus, but scarcely more than eighty are entitled 

 to rank as such. To those described on p. 24, Vol. I., the 

 following should now be added : 



A balsamica (balsamic). /. gold en -yellow, |in. in diameter ; 

 racemes terminal, effuse, three to eight-flowered. March. I. lin 

 to lim. long, shortly petiolate, pinnate ; leaflets ten to thirteen 

 pairs, 4iD. to ^in. long, sessile, dark green, oblonij or cuneately 

 obovate. Branche i very slender, leafy. Chili, 18i7. A nearly 

 |landr^\B.''M'69^^^^^ branched shrub, covered with balsamic 



ADIANTUM, Tropical America is the head-quarters 

 of this genus, which embraces about eighty species. To 

 the species and varieties described on pp. 24-9 Vor I the 

 following should now be added : "' 



^o?.H;na^*'^r^,^ (Birkenhead's), frond, tripinnate, about 2if t. 

 ions ana i't- hroad, deltoid, acuminate ; pinn;e alternate distant 

 and Ions-stalked towarda the base, cloJer together and Se 

 near the apex, the lower ones bipinnate, the upper one " pinna te- 

 pinnules obtuse yoblong-trapezoid, cut on the upper ed"e into 

 shallow lobes. 1886. A line garden Fern, of tufted habit 



A. Bourne! (Bourne'.s). A variety of A. cumatum. 



A. Burnii (J. B Burn's), sti. smooth, ebeneous fronds cvpt 

 green, slabrous^ broadly ovate, acuminate, tri or qu^clr pinnate • 

 pinnie ovate, the lower ones with a lon<» ttan- thl ,,„ ' 



almost sessile; pinnule, stipitate below: the 'b'aSf oTe^f j^f^^ 

 2iin. long, narrowly ovate, the basal pinnulets^mpound thp 

 upper ones still narrower because less divided at th™ base «oW 



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 1S& r ^r/St-ViiS igj^-ir^^ri 



^n^^LKfhVi»it^s Wx Yst'^te;- ^^"-'■ 



3m. long and ^in. broad, the terminal ones bro^^^^^^ 



Im. or more in « idth. sorl elongate-oblon^ ^^ flabellate, 



^i£''(L h'^E41"^"^'- ^''^"^^' P^"^^ ^-y ^^Se. oblique. 





Adiantum — continued, 



A, CoUisii (CoUis'). sti. black, slender, 1ft. to IJft. long, fronds 

 triangular, lift, to 2ft. across ; pinnules small, rhomboid, truncate 

 on the inner and lower .-^ides, and slightly toothed on the outer 

 and upper margins. 1885. A beautiful, decorative, stove 

 Maidenhair, of garden origin. 



A. cnneatuxn Bournei (Bourne's), sti. long, fronis dense 

 triangular. 1882. A garden variety in the way of A, Pacottii, but 

 less refined in growth. 



A, C, deflexum (deflexed). /ronrf^ tiiangular, three or four times 

 pinnate; pinnules deflexed, lobed; lobes crenate-toothed. 1881 

 A garden hybrid between A, Bausei and A. cuneattim. Stove. 



A C- elegans (elegant), ati. glossy, 6in. long, fronds triangular, 

 about 9in. long and broad; pinnse ovate-triangular, with rather 

 distantly-set, cuneate pinnules, which are Jm. long and ^iu. 

 broad. Gardens, 1885. Stove. 



A C. ^andiceps (large-headed). A crested variety, of drooping 

 habit, well adapted for basket culture. 



A. c, strictum (upright), fronds erect, four times pinnate ; pinna 

 ascending, arranged somewhat spirally. 1884. Stove. 



A cyclosorum (circular-sorused). stl stoutish, glossy hhck, 

 Sin. to lOin. long, fronds l^ft. to 2ft. long, triangular, tripinnate, 

 glabrous ; pinnie spreading, ovate, stalked ; pinnules five to nine 

 lines long, rhomboid, sori eight to ten to a pinnule, circular, 

 marginal. Ecuador, 1887. A handsome and well-maTVed, 

 deciduous, stove species. 



A Daddsii (J. Badds'). sti. glossy ebeneous, about 8in. long. 

 fronds above 1ft. long, fertile throughout, deltoid, decompound, 

 evergreen, glabrous ; pinnte triangular- ovate, stipitate, furnished 

 with numerous but not crowded pinnules ; ultimate segments 

 very numerous, quite small, distinct, everywhere pedicellate, the 

 terminal ones cuneate with two or three lobe.3 at the apex, the 

 intermediate ones rhomboid-cuneate, more or less deeply lobed 

 on the anterior side, the basal ones roundish or obovate, 

 narrowed into the pedicels, sori round ish-reniform, situated 

 in a notch at the apex of the marginal lobes. A supposed hybrid. 

 Greenhouse, 



A. elegans (elegant), sti. blackish -purple, fronds triangular- 

 ovate, quadripinnate ; pinme distant, long-stalked, ovate or 

 deltoid, with stalked pinnules ; pinnulets very small, two or three- 

 lobed, roundish, the larger ones slightly trapezoid, the terminal 

 ones shortly cuneate. 1886. A graceful, greenhouse, evergreen 

 Fern, of garden origin. 



A. Fergusoni (Ferguson's).* sti. long, glossy purplish-black. 

 fronds triangidar -ovate, tripinnate, stiffly erect; pinn« long, 

 stalked, spreading; pinnules variable, mostly large, bluntly 

 ovate, truncate at base, with a pair of large basal lobes, and 

 three or four smaller lobes above, the pedicels continuous with 

 the rachis, not articulated, all the lobes again lobulate, and, 

 where sterile, finely toothed, sori oblong, at the tops of the 

 ultimate lobes, Ceylon, 1884. Stove. (G. C. ser. iii., vol. ii.. p. 



469.) • 



A festnm (pleasant), gti. Sin. to 9in. long, purplish -ebeneous. 

 fronds 1ft. long, glabrous, evergreen, decompound, droopin;:, 

 triangular, acuminate; pinnse deltoid, spreading; pinnules of 

 ultimate segments small, crowded, cuneate or rhomboid-cuneate, 

 larger towards their extremities, the terminal ones symmetrically 

 or unequally cuneate, bipartite, with deeply lobed divisions, the 

 rest lobed on their anterior edge, sori roiindirih-reniform, placed 

 m a smus of the lobe. Greenhouse hybrid. 



A fragrantissimum (very fragrant), sti, 5in. to 6in. long, 

 glossy ebeneous. fronds 1ft. to IJft. long, deltoid, quadripinnate, 

 glabrous, evergreen ; pinnae ovate, spreading, the basal ones long- 

 stalked ; ultimate pinnules or pinnulets large, on long, slender 

 pedicels, cuneate, the terminal ones equally lobed at the apex, 

 the lateral ones more or less obliquely cuneate, lobed. sort 

 roundish-reniform, placed in a sinus at the apex of the lobe^. 

 Probably a hybrid. Stove. Reason for specific name not stated. 

 (G. C, ser. ni., vol. li., p. 1S9.) 



^.^^f^^ (pPjng): sti, black, fronds about lOin. long, tri- 

 angu ar-ovate, tripinnate ; pinnae ovate, the upper ones stalked, 

 tne lower ones almost sessile ; pinnules variable, roundish. 

 Dailoon-shaped, transversely oblong, or rhomboidal, the end 

 lounded bearing one or two large, broadly gaping sori. South 

 Pacific Islands. An ornamental, stove Maidenhair? 



A macrophyUum Wpinnatum (bipinnate). This handsome 

 yanety differs from the tjT)e in having the fronds twice-pinnate 

 m the lower part, and with smaller pinnules. Jamaica, 1885. 



"^«v■^?"^***.P^^^"^')• ■^'**^'*^^ triangular, quadripinnate; pinn^ 

 ovate on rather long stalks ; pinnules cuneate-trapezoid, with an 



Ji[f>? o^^^ .^^^*^ ^P^'^' ^*^^se near the ends of the pinnse larger 





;r .„ "v."^- v^araen variety ; 

 Capillus-Veneris and A, cuneatum. 



■^rnH?^ Ki"*^^^®^®^^^ (^e«^ Caledonian).* can. tufted, sti.^nd 

 s^f ia %^ckish-purple, the latter clothed with dark brown hair- 

 \^^i\/r^^-^'''^^^^^y pentagonal in outline, tripinnate at the 

 basal part bipmnate above; pinnte nan'ow-lanceolate, the larger 

 ones caudate ; pinnules irregular in size and form, coarsely 



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