FERNS 



ASPLENIUM FERULACEUM, Moore. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1877, p. 44; Nich. Diet. Gard. (Century Suppl.), fig. 103. 

 A beautiful stove fern from New Grenada by Gustave Wallis, with 

 fronds unusually light and pleasing in appearance, and pinnules delicate 

 and fine in texture. 



ASPLENIUM LATIFOLIUM, Don. 



Syns. Afhyrium latifolium, Presl. 

 Gard. Chron. I860, p. 432 (advt.) ; id. p. 634 ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1866, p. 1. 



A distinct, hardy fern, not unlike Asplenium lanceolatum in appearance, 

 introduced from Chili through Richard Pearce. 



ASPLENIUM LONGISSIMUM, Blume. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1873, p. 27. 



A useful basket subject from Java, with fronds 2 to 8 ft. in length, in 

 some respects resembling a species of Nephrolepis. 



ASPLENIUM OBTUSILOBIUM, Hook. 



Hooker's Ic. PI. t. 1000; Gard. Chron. 1861, p. 696. 



A handsome fern brought to this country by Sir Daniel Cooper, Bart., 

 from the New Hebrides, and placed in the hands of the Veitchian people 

 for distribution. Dark green smooth shining fronds form a thick tuft, 

 out of which grow numerous stolons, on which at intervals young fern 

 plants are produced. 



ASPLENIUM SCANDENS, /. Sm. 



Gard. Chron. 1887, vol. i. p. 639. 



Introduced from Sumatra through Curtis. A stove species of climbing 

 habit, with lanceolate fronds 1 ft. or more in length, narrowed gradually 

 from the middle towards the base and apex. 



ASPLENIUM VIELLAEDII, Mett. 



Syns. A. Schizodon, Moore. 



Moore in Gard. Chron. 1871, p. 1004, with fig. ; id. 1872, p. 1654; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 



1874, p. 15. 



Introduced from New Caledonia through the late John Gould Veitch in 

 1868, and remarkable for the frond serration irregularly bi- or tri-serrate, 

 and from 3 to 4 hi. long. 



BLECHNUM NITIDUM, Presl. , var. CONTRACT UM. 



Gard. Chron. 1864, p. 670 (advt.); Hooker's Sp. Fil. iii. p. 55. 

 A bold habited Lomaria-like fern from the Philippine Islands, with 

 fronds in a young state of a deep red colour. 



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