91 FERNS AS DECORATIVE ODJECTS. 



about a foot long, linear-lanceolate and pinnate, the lower pinnae 

 ternate, becoming binate, or even simple, at top ; the pinnules are 

 linear and glabrous. Tiie stipes is dark brown and shining. This 

 is a native of the western side of the continent of South America, 

 the Sandwich Isles, &c. ; requires a sub-tropical climate. Useful 

 in large bouquets. 



16. Pteris (Doryopteris) sagittifolia. — Very distinct and 

 effective in a bouquet. The fronds are simple, elongate-arrow- 

 shaped, at tiie end of a slender black stipes ; they grow in tufts, 

 and are from six to nine inciies or a foot in length. A native of 

 Brazil, and requires a stove temperature. A good tuft in a pot 

 makes a pretty variety among others. 



17. Pteris (Doryopteris) hastata. — This plant has the same 

 habit as Doryopteris sagittifolia. In this, however, the shape of 

 the frond is hastate-sagittate, the basal angles being prolonged and 

 divergent. The stipes is dark-purple, and the frond is a footer more 

 in length. It is from Brazil, and requires a tropical climate. 



18. Pteris (Doryopteris) palmata. — The fronds of this species 

 are palmate, the central division twice-cleft, the others once-cleft, 

 into broad lance-pointed segments. They are nearly a foot high, 

 including the stipes, which is two-thirds of the height. A native 

 of Caraccas, and requires a tropical climate. The plant forms a 

 rigid tuft, and may be grown as a pot specimen as well as being 

 used for large bouquets. 



19. Pteris long (folia. — Elegant, but one of the larger habited 

 kinds. The fronds are a foot-and-a-half or two feet long, pinnate, 

 with opposite, narrow-elongate, almost linear pinnae. The smaller 

 fronds afford a nice variety in form for large bouquets. Tlie 

 habit is tufted, and a good mass is effective as a pot specimen. 

 It is West Indian, and requires a tropical climate. 



20. Pteris serrulata. — An East Indian plant, requiring a 

 tropical climate. It is rather common, but a good mass forms 

 an elegant potted specimen, and the smaller fronds, with their 

 long drooping pinnae, have a very good appearance in large 

 bouquets. The fionds grow up in tufts, and are from a foot to 

 18 inches long, pinnate, with narrow, elongate, opposite droop- 

 ing pinnae, decurrent along the rachis, the lower ones divided 

 into three or five segments, which are also narrow-elongate, or 

 grass-like. From the drooping habit of the fronds, a mass has a 

 very pretty effect. 



21. Pteris heterophylla. — A very neat and elegant dwarf 

 species, growing about 6 inches in height. The fronds are bi- 

 pinnate, with cuneate, oblong, shining pinnules. Its small size 

 renders it well suited for small bouquets. Its general aspect is 

 something like an enlarged Asplenium Rutumuraria. It is a 

 Jamaica species, and requires a tropical climate. 



