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Lomaria 'cycadifolia:' — from Messrs. J. & C. Lee, Ham- 

 mersmith. This was a fine evergreen fern, nearlj- or quite hardj', 

 having a thick root-stocli which sometimes becomes truuk-lilie, 

 and pinnate fronds, with broad firm pinnae. It is a native of 

 Juan Fernandez, and is by some botanists referred to L. magel- 

 lanica, of which it is perhaps a more arborescent variet}', with the 

 rachis and pinnules woolly with lax deciduous scales. The stem 

 is sometimes three feet high. It was awarded a Fiest Cr,AS3 

 Certificate. 



Lomaria fluviatilis: — from Messrs. J. & C. Lee. This was a 

 New Zealand species of elegant habit, the fronds membranous, 

 narrow and elongated, with blunt elliptic pinnae, somewliat wavy 

 on the margin, and the rachis clothed with conspicuous dark- 

 coloured scales. The fertile ones are more erect, and liave 

 blunt linear pinnse. It was awarded a First-Class Ceu- 



Polysticbum vestitum var. venustum: — from Messrs. J. & 

 C. Lee. a remarkably handsome evergreen New Zealand fern, 

 with dark green bipinnate fronds, the pinnae of which are smallish, 

 trapeziform, and more or less deeply and acutely lobed and 

 toothed. It was awarded a First-Class Cebtificate. 



Adelaster albivenis: — from Messrs, Veitch & Sok, Exeter 

 and Chelsea. A very handsome variegated-leaved plant, of 

 climbing habit, with smooth round stems, and opposite stalked 

 leaves, which are ovate acuminate, and tapered below, a\id 

 eventually become rather large. The surface is rugose, of a 

 deep olive-green, traversed by white veins. It is a native of 

 South America, a free-growing plant, and one which, in the 

 form of young plants, bears a very ornamental character. It 

 received a Commendation Card. 



Erodinm guttatum : — ^from Mr. Weeks, gardener to ^ ■ 



