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raised by Messrs. Henderson, of the Pineapple Nursery, Edgeware 

 Road, from seed sent by Dr. Drummond from the Swan-River settle- 

 ment. 



'The Genera and Species of Cultivated Ferns;' by Messrs. Houl- 

 ston and Moore. The species described in these numbers are : — 

 Aspleninm serratum of Linnaeus, from Brasil ; Brasiliense of Swartz, 

 from various parts of South America; palmatum of Lamarck, from 

 the South of Europe, Madeira, Canary, the Azores, &c. ; oligophyl- 

 lum of Kaulfuss, from Brasil; elongatum of Swartz, from Java and 

 the Philippine Islands; lucidura of Forster, from New Zealand; he- 

 terodon of Blume ; compressura of Swartz, from St. Helena ; obtusa- 

 tura of Forster, from New Zealand, New Holland, and Van Diemen's 

 Land ; lajtum of Swartz, from the West Indies ; marinum of Linnaeus, 

 from the South of Europe, the Channel Islands, Madeira, Teneriffe, 

 and Northern Africa (this species also inhabits Britain) ; Hendersoni 

 of J. Houlston, a new species, raised from seed by Mr. Henderson, 

 gardener at Wentworth House, Yorkshire, but its country, and the 

 source whence the seed was received, are entirely unknown ; angusti- 

 folium of Michaux, from North America; comptum of Swartz, from 

 Jamaica ; salicifolium of Linnaeus, from Jamaica ; pulchellum of 

 Raddi, fiom Brasil and the West Indies ; dentatum of Linnaeus, from 

 the West Indies ; flabellifolium of Cavanilles, from New Holland and 

 Van Diemen's Land ; radicans of Swartz, from Jamaica and Cuba ; 

 pumilum of Swartz, from the West Indies and the Philippine Islands; 

 Trichomanes of Linnaeus, found throughout Britain, Europe, Asia, 

 and North America ; monanthemum of Smith, from the West Indies, 

 Peru, and Cape of Good Hope ; dimidiatum of Swartz, from the West 

 Indies ; ebeneura of Aiton, from the Cape of Good Hope, Mexico, 

 and North America ; mutilatum of Kaulfuss, from the Cape of Good 

 Hope ; viride of Hudson, Britain and Europe generally ; Petrarchae of 

 DeCandolle, from the South of France ; reclinatum of J. Houlston, a 

 beautiful, evergreen, pendulous fern, from St. Helena, now described 

 for the first time ; brachyopterum of Kunze, from Sierra Leone ; flac- 

 cidum of Forster, from New Zealand ; rachiron of Raddi, from Brazil 

 and the West Indies ; scandens of J. Smith, from Java and the Phi- 

 lippine Islands ; bulbiferum of Forster, from Zealand ; appendicula- 

 tum of Presl, from the Mauritius; diversifolium of Allan Cunningham, 

 from New Holland ; septentrionale of Linnaeus, Britain and Europe ; 

 germanicum of Weiss, Britain and Europe ; Ruta-muraria of Li»- 

 nseus, Britain, Europe, and North America ; Zamia3folium of Willde- 

 now, from Mexico, Hispaniola, and Nevv : HoUajid ; furcatum of 



