HORTUS VEITCHII 



ASPIDIUM SETOSUM, Blume. 



Syns. Polystichum setosurn, Schott. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1862, p. 14; Gard. Chron. 1862, p. 399 (advt.); Nich. Diet. Gard. 



(Century Suppl.), fig. 89. 



Introduced to cultivation from Japan through the late John Gould 

 Veitch. 



A hardy species with bipinnate fronds 2 to 3 ft. or more in height ; 

 the pinnules remarkable for a fringe of setae or stiff hairs, stand erect 

 from the plane of the frond and have a bristly appearance. 



ASPIDIUM TEIPTEEON, Kunze. 



Syns. Polystichum tripteron, Knnze. 

 Gard. Chron. 1881, vol. xv. p. 74 ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1881,p. 17. 



Introduced from Japan through Charles Maries, found growing in rocky 

 places on the shady hills of that country. 



It is a hardy or cool greenhouse fern of great elegance, with fronds 

 from 12 to 18 in. in length. 



ASPLENIUM BELANGEEI, Kunze. 



Syns. A. Veitchianum, Moore. 

 Lowe's British and Exotic Ferns, vol. v. pi. v. 



A native of Java, and various parts of the Malay Peninsula ; the fronds 

 1 ft. to 18 in. in length, are bipinnate, with numerous pinnae 1 to 1^ in. 

 long by \ in. broad. It is an elegant species, a stove temperature 

 essential for successful cultivation. 



ASPLENIUM CETEEACH, L., var. AUEEUM, Link. 



Syns. Ceterach aureum, Link. 

 Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1874, p. 34. 



An introduction from Teneriffe, resembling the common Ceterach 

 officinarum, but the fronds covered behind with silvery scales assume 

 a yellowish-brown hue as they develop. 



ASPLENIUM CONSIMILE, Gay. 



Gard. Chron. 1863, p. 695 (advt.). 



Introduced from Chili by Eichard Pearce, this dwarf tufted species, 

 with pinnated deep green fronds, rising from a dense crown of brownish 

 semi-transparent scales, is remarkable for its enduring properties. 



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