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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Nephrodium continued. 



ing, 4in. to 6in. long, fin. broad, cut about half-way down to the 

 midrib into scarcely falcate, blunt lobes ; the lower pinnae distant, 

 and rather shorter than the others, sori distant from the midrib ; 

 capsules naked. Tropics, 1820. A well-known and very variable 

 species, of which the following are varieties : 



Fia. 678. NEPHRODIUM MOLLE CORYMBIFERUM, showing Habit 

 and Portions of detached Frond. 



N. m. corymbiferum (corymb-bearing).* A most interesting and 

 desirable plant, erect in habit, producing branched fronds, 1ft. 

 to 2ft. long ; the top of each frond or branch has a large crest 

 or corymb, and the ends of the pinnae are similarly furnished, but 

 on a smaller scale. See Fig. 678. 



FIG. 679. PORTION OF FROND OF NEPHRODIUM MOLLE 

 GRANDICEPS. 



N. m. grandiceps (large-crested). A garden variety, with a large 

 terminal crest, and the pinnaj also conspicuously crested. See 

 rig. 679. 



Nephrodinm continued. 



N. montanum (mountain). Mountain Buckler Fern. sti. short, 

 tufted, fronds lift, to 2ft. long, 6in. to Sin. broad ; pinnae Sin. 

 to 4in. long, lin. broad at the base, cut down to a broadly- 

 winged rachis into close, blunt, oblong lobes ; lower pinnae 

 distant, and gradually dwarfed down to mere auricles, sori in 

 rows near the edge. Europe (Britain), &c. SYN. Lastrea mon- 

 tana. The following are the more important varieties of this 

 hardy species : 



N. m. cristate (crested).* A rare and beautiful fragrant variety, 

 in which the fronds are nearly as large as those of the type, but 

 with the apex very finely crested or tasselled; the tips of the 

 pinnae are similarly furnished, but on a smaller scale. 



N. m. Nowelliana (Nowell's). A very distinct variety, having 

 the fronds from 1ft. to lift, long, and 4in. or 5in. in width, 

 pinnate, with narrow pinnae, and the lobes much abbreviated 

 and erose. 



N. m. truncate (truncated). A very curious and rare form, with 

 praemorse pinnae. 



N. noveboracense (New York), rhiz. slender, wide-creeping. 

 sti. 1ft. long, stramineous, fronds 1ft. to 2ft. long, 4in. to 6in. 

 broad ; pinnae spreading, 2in. to Sin. long, iin. broad, cut down 

 very nearly to the rachis into linear-oblong lobes, those of the 

 barren frond the broadest ; lower pinnae small, deflexed. sori 

 soon confluent, in the rows near the flat edge. North America, 

 1812. Hardy. 



N. odoratum (fragrant), sti. 1ft. to lift, long, densely scaly at 

 the base, fronds Sin. to 18in. long, deltoid ; lowest pinnae much 



the largest, deltoid, 6in. to 9in. long, Sin. to 4in. broad ; pinnules 

 lanceolate, often imbricated, with ovate or oblong pmnat 

 segments, with blunt rounded lobes, sori copious. Involucres 



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large, pale, villous. Tropical Asia, &c. SYXS. N. eriocarpum 

 and A 7 . hirsutum. 



N. Otaria (Otaria). sti. 6in. to 12in. long, fronds 1ft. or more 

 long, with a linear-oblong terminal pinna, 4in. to 6in. long, lin. 

 to liin. broad, the apex acuminate, the margin with finely 

 serrated lanceolate lobes reaching a quarter or a third of the way 

 down, and from three to six distant spreading similar lateral 

 ones on each side, the lower ones stalked, sori one on each 

 veinlet. Philippines, &c. SVN. N. aristatum. (H. S. F. iv. 

 238.) 



N. pallidivenium (pale-veined), iti. 1ft. or more long, naked 

 or nearly so. fronds 2ft. to 3ft. long, 8in. to 12in. broad ; pinnae 

 4in. to 6in. long, Jin. to lin. broad, cut two-thirds of the way 

 down to the rachis into linear oblong, slightly falcate lobes; 

 lower pinnae not much smaller than the rest, sori small, in close 

 rows about midway between the midrib and edge. Guinea Coast. 



N. palustre (marsh-loving), sti. 1ft. or more long, naked, fronds 

 2ft. to 3ft. long, Sin. to 12in. broad ; pinnae close, erecto-patent, 

 4in. to 6in. long, fin. broad, cut down nearly to the rachis into 

 linear oblong, entire, slightly falcate lobes, iin. broad, sori filling 

 up the greater part of the space between midrib and edge ; in- 

 volucre small, ciliated. Brazil. 



N. patens (spreading).* rhiz. oblique, sti. 1ft. or more long, 

 naked or slightly pubescent, fronds 2ft. to 3ft. long, Sin. to 12in. 

 broad ; pinnae 4in. to 9in. long, iin. to Jin. broad, cut down about 

 three-quarters of the space to the rachis into linear-oblong, sub- 

 falcate lobes, sori nearer the edge than the midrib. Involucre 

 persistent. Tropics, &c. A distinct and strong-growing species. 



N. p. cristate (crested). A garden form, with the pinna 

 curiously forked and crested. See Fig. 680. 



N. pennigeram (winged), sti. tufted, stout, Sin. to 12in. long, 

 villose. fronds 2ft. to 4ft. long, 1ft. to lift, broad; pinn.-e 

 numerous, spreading, 6in. to 9in. long, lin. to liin. broad, the 

 apex acuminate, the edge cut above a quarter of the way down 

 to the midrib into oblong, falcate lobes, the lower pinnae dwarfed 

 and distant, sori medial ; capsules setose. Himalayas, &c. 

 SYN. A', articulatum. 



N. podophyllnm (footstalk-fronded). sti. tufted, 1ft. long, naked 

 upwards, fronds 1ft. to lift, long, Sin. to 12in. broad ; pinnae 

 four to eight on each side, erecto-patent, 4in. to 6in. long, 8in. to 

 12in. broad, the edge nearly entire, or with shallow, broad, blunt 

 lobes ; veins pinnate in the lobes, having two to four veinlets 

 on a side, with sometimes a sorus on each, distant from the 

 main vein. Japan and Hong Kong. Greenhouse, or nearly 

 hardy. 



N. pteroides (Pteris-like).* sti. 1ft. to 2ft. long, slender, slightly 

 scaly below, fronds 2ft. to 4ft. long, 1ft. or more broad; 

 pinnae spreading, 4in. to Sin. long, iin. broad, the apex acumi- 

 nate, the edge cut one-third or half-way down into oblong or sub- 

 triangular lobes, sori quite marginal, and confined to the lobes. 

 Tropical Asia, &c. A distinct and handsome species. 



N. pubescens (downy), sti. 6in. to 18in. long, slender, villose. 

 fronds 6in. to ISin. long, deltoid ; lower pinnae much the largest ; 

 pinnules lanceolate ; lower segments usually free, oblong-rhom- 

 boidal, unequal-sided, tori small, distant from the midrib. 

 West Indies. STN. Phegopteris villosa. 



N. purpurascens (purplish). A synonym of A* spargum. 



N. Raddianum (Raddi's). A synonym of If. vestitum. 



N. refractum (curved-back), sti. tufted, 1ft. long, fronds 1ft 

 to lift long, 6in. to 9in. broad ; pinnae growing gradually less 



