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Aspidium—continued. 
Fic. 85, ASPIDIUM FALCATUM PENDULUM. 
A. angulare acrocladon (branched at apex). fronds about 
10in. long, repeatedly branched at their extremity; rachis and 
under-side of the pinnules covered with light brown scales. 
A. a. brachiatum (branched). fronds 1ft. to 2ft. long, pyramidal 
in form, the lowest pair of pinns being sometimes so large as to 
Fic. 86. FRoNpD oF ASPIDIUM HOOKERI. 
Aspidium—continued. 
look like branches. The form brachiato-cristatum is a nearly 
allied form in which the end of each branch of the fronds 
terminates in a tuft. 
Other varieties are: acutilobum, acutum, alatum, aristatum, biser- 
ratum, cornutum, cristatum, Elworthii, Footii, grandidens, 
indivisum, interruptum, latipes, oxyphyllum, Padleyanum, pre- 
morsum, pumilum, ramosissimum, setaceum, tripinnatum, trunca 
tum, and varians. 
A. atratum (dark). A synonym of Nephrodium hirtipes. 
A. Blumei (Blume’s). A synonym of Nephrodiwm intermedium. 
A. caryotideum (Caryota-like). A variety of A. falcatwm. 
A. concavum (concave). A synonym of A. laserpitiifolium. 
A. coniifolium (Conium-leaved). A synonym of A. aristatum, 
A. Fadyeni (Fadyen’s). A synonym of Fadyenia prolifera. 
A. faleatum. The bold fronds (see Fig. 84) of this species and 
its varieties make a striking contrast with those of the more 
finely-cut species when planted out in the cold Fernery. 
A. f. Fensoni (Fenson’s). fronds having pinnules broader 
than in the typical plant, and coalescing near the tips of 
the fronds. 1889. A robust form. 
A. f. pendulum (pendulous). This differs from the type in its 
pen Hi habit and in having narrower pinne. 1892. See 
Fig. 85. 
-A. Fortunei (Fortune’s). A form of A. faleatum. 
A. Hookeri (Hooker's). This evergreen species (a frond of which 
is shown in Fig. 86) has quite the habit of a Nephrodium, and 
is of similarly soft texture. 
A. lobatum (lobed). A variety of A. aculeatum. 
A, mucronatum. In habit, texture, and colour, this lovely 
dwarf, evergreen, easily-cultivated species somewhat resembles 
our native Holly Fern (A. Lonchitis). See Fig. 87. 
Fic. 87. ASPIDIUM MUCRONATUM. 
A. munitum.* This very handsome species, when well grown 
and fully developed, is one of the finest Ferns native of North 
America, where it is popularly known as Chamisso’s Shield Fern. 
See Fig. 88. 
A. Plumieri (Plumier’s). A form of A. trifoliatum. 
A. polyblepharum (many-fringed). A synonym of A. angulare. 
A. proliferum (proliferous). A name applied to forms of 
A. aculeatum and A. angulare. 
A. Richardi (Richard’s). sti. stout, erect, 6in. to 12in. long, 
scaly throughout. fronds coriaceous, Yin. to 18in. long, 6in. to 
Sin. broad. sori in two rows midway between midrib and 
edge. New Zealand. ‘his greenhouse species differs from 
A. aculeatum in its more rigid texture and shorter teeth, and 
in its lower pinne being of the same size as those in the 
centre of the frond, Syn. Polystichwm Richardi. 
