FERNS 



NEPHBODIUM OPACUM, Hort. 



Syns. Lastrea opaca, Hook. 

 Veitchs' Catlg. of PL 1862, p. 12 ; Gard. Chron. 1862, p. 399 (advt.). 



A hardy species introduced from Yokohama through the late John 

 Gould Veitch, with tufts of opaque, dark green fronds, more or less olive- 

 green when young, bipinnately divided. 



NEPHEODIUM EICHAEDSII, Baker, var. MULTIFIDUM, Hort. 



Syns. Lastrea Eichardsii, var. multifida, Moore. 



Moore in Gard. Chron. 1882, vol. xv. p. 104; Veitchs' Oatlg. of PI. 1881, p. 15, fig. p. 9 ; 

 Fl. des Serres, 1880, tt. 2401, 2402. 



A beautiful crested fern sent by Charles Moore, Esq., late of the 

 Botanic Gardens, Sydney, N.S.W. 



It differs from the type in having the frond, tips and pinnae cut into 

 numerous narrow finger-like segments ; distinct and ornamental. 



NEPHEOLEPIS DAVALLOIDES, Kunze, var. FUECANS, Hort. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. p. 22, 1876, fig. p. 46, 1877 ; Fl. and Pom. 1877, p. 18, fig. 



A crested form of the beautiful Java fern, Nephrolepis davalloides, sent 

 by Messrs. J. Baptist & Sons, of Sydney, N.S.W. 



The plant is of robust growth, produces numerous arching fronds 

 from 3 to 4 ft. long, bifurcate at the apex, as well as at the apex of each 

 pinna. 



NEPHEOLEPIS DUFFII, T. Moore. 



Moore in Gard. Chron. 1878, vol. ix. p. 622, fig. 113, p. 623; Fl. and Pom. 1878, 



p. 171, fig. 



Introduced from Australia, and named by Dr. Moore in honour of 

 Mr. Duff, an employe in the Sydney Botanic Gardens, who discovered 

 the species on Duke of York's Island. 



The numerous fronds arch gracefully, and are further forked at the 

 extremity of the tips. 



NEPHEOLEPIS PLUMA, T.Moore. 



Moore in Gard. Chron. 1878, vol. ix. p. 588, fig. 108, p. 589. 



The tubers, peculiar to the species, were discovered in the sterile 

 fronds of a Platycerium imported from Madagascar. 



A deciduous species, the fronds entirely die in the winter months, and 

 new ones arise in spring from the tubers in small fascicles. 



The plume-like fronds from 4 to 5 ft. in length, 4 in. broad, are 

 pendulous. 



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