Asplenium—continued. - 
has failed to produce spores, and can only be propagated by 
embedding the edges of es pinne in light atk y . 
(oh 
TY Wy 4 
Fic. 107. FROND OF ASPLENIUM FILIX-F@:MINA GRANDICEPS. 
A. F.-f. dissectum. The stipes and rachis of this variety are 
2 furnished with brown scales, which are so conspicuous as to 
; impart the appearance of prickly processes. See Fig. 105. 
Fic. 108. FROND OF ASPLENIUM FILIX-FQEMINA INCISUM. 
A. F.-f. Fieldizw (Miss Field's). sti. about 6in. long. fronds 
43 Sti: or imace in lonath, only lim. bugga, exeopt just below tho apex, 
1900 SUPPLEMENT—RECENT INTRODUCTIONS, 
Sey LOH 
Asplenium—continued. 
where they are ljin. broad; pinne divided at base into two 
short pinnules, one part ascending, and the other descending, 
giving the fronds a cruciform appearance; near the apex the 
pinne ari into alternate pairs of gradually-diminishing, 
deeply-cut divisions, and the fronds terminate in a narrow, 
normal, truncate extremity. A remarkable form. See Fig. 106. 
A. F.-f. Friselliz coronare (crowned). A handsome variety, 
with short and much divided fronds. 1894. 
A. F.-f. Girdlestonei cristatum (Girdlestone’s crested). 
fronds of a pleasing green; pinne densely tufted. 1891. A 
slender, graceful form. - 
Fic. 109. FROND OF ASPLENIUM FILIX-FQEMINA VICTORLE. 
A. F,-f. diceps. The weight of the dense, globose crest 
(Fig. 107) of this variety causes the fronds to assume a pretty 
ae tedcuaerance: : 
A. F.-f. incisum (cut). fronds gigantic, attaining 4ft. to 5ft. 
in length and lft. in breadth, broadly lanceolate, drooping ; 
pute: tapering ; .pinnules often so deeply cut as to render the 
nds almost tripinnate. See Fig. 108 
A. F.-f. plumosum Dreweryi (Drewery’s). A lovely plumose 
form. 1891. 
A. F.-f. regale (regal). fronds very broad ; pinne broad, prettily 
crested at the apex. 1889. A charming variety. 
A. F.-f. setigerum grandiceps (bristle-bearing, large-headed). 
fronds erect, about lft. high, with a heavily-crested tuft at the 
apex; pinne divided and crested at the ends in an ‘extra- 
ordi manner. 1893. 
A. F.-f. velutinum (velvety). A beautiful, dwarf, densely- 
branched variety, dwarfer than its parent A. F.-f. acrocladon, 
also closer and more compact in habit: this and the finely- 
divided apices give the plant the appearance of a ball of green 
velvet. . 
Fic. 110. FROND OF ASPLENIUM FLABELLIFOLIUM. 
