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very small segments. Useful for bouquets, and an elegant pot 

 plant. It is a native of the East Indies and of New Holland, 

 and requires a sub-tropical climate. 



9. Chcilanthes microphylla. — The fronds, though upwards of 

 a foot long, are yet comparatively small, from the smallness of 

 their parts. They are narrowly lanceolate, bipiiinate, with short 

 and rather distant and alternate pinnae, bearing a dozen or more 

 small oblong pinnules. West Indian, and requires to be grown 

 in a stove. This species is best adapted for bouquets, and from 

 its length, will serve better for large than for small ones. 



10. Cheilanthes micromera. — One of the prettiest of Ferns for 

 a small bouquet, and forming a very elegant potted subject. 

 The fronds grow nearly a foot long ; they are twice-pinnate, the 

 small obtusely-oval pinnules having roundish lobes at their bases ; 

 the pinnae are alternate. This is a Mexican species, and requires 

 a sub-tropical climate. 



11. Pteris (Cassebeera) farinosa. — An elegant species both 

 for pots and for bouquets. The fronds grow a foot long, and are 

 of variable outline, sometimes ovate-deltoid, sometimes lanceo- 

 late ; they are pinnate, with the lower pinnae deeply pinnatifid, the 

 seg-ments on the inferior side long^est. The under surface of the 

 fronds, which grow in tufts, is covered with a white mealy powder. 

 An East Indian species, requiring the temperature of a stove. 



12. Pteris (Cassebeera) pedata. — This species grows in a 

 somewhat rigid tuft, and reaches about a foot in height, the 

 fronds being three-parted, with the lateral divisions again divided, 

 thus forming five lobes, so that in circumscription the fronds 

 are somewhat pentangular ; the lobes, or divisions, are deeply 

 pinnatifid. The stipes is two-thirds the entire length of the 

 frond. In large bouquets the fronds may be used advantageously 

 to mix with others of different form and habit. It requires a 

 stove climate, being a native of both Indies. 



13. Pteris (Cassebeera) aiiriculata. — The habit is tufted, the 

 fronds 8 or 10 inches or more in height, pinnate, with triangular- 

 ovate, somewhat auricled pinnules ; the rachis and stipes are 

 purple. Useful for larger bouquets. Requires a warm green- 

 house, being a native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



14. Pteris (Platyloma) scigittata. — A remarkably elegant 

 plant. The fronds are tufted, a foot and a half or more in length, 

 regularly bipinnate, the pinnules being distant, glaucous, exactly 

 arrow-shaped (elongate-triangular), and attached by short slender 

 footstalks. It is a South American species, and requires a tropical 

 climate. The fi-onds are somewhat rigid, but may be eflfectively 

 used in large bouquets. A fine pot-specimen is a very striking 

 object. 



15. Pteris (Platyloma) terni folia. — The fronds are tufted, 



