The fronds from 1 to 3 ft. in length, droop gracefully and the pinnae 

 covered on the upper surface along the margin with small white scales 

 suggested the specific name. 



POLYPODIUM FOSSUM, Baker. 



Syns. Pleopeltis fossa, Moore. 

 Moore in Gard. Chroii. 1882, vol. xviii. p. 586; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1883, p. 73. 



A native of the Malayan Archipelago, sent to Chelsea from the Botanic 

 Garden at Leyden. 



The gracefully arching fronds spring from a creeping rhizome, and, with 

 the comparatively dwarf habit of the plant render the species desirable 

 for clothing rockeries or for ferneries. 



POLYPODIUM KEAMEEI, Franch. & Sav. 



Moore in Gard. Chron. 1881, vol. xv. p. 136; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1884, p. 74. 



A pretty little hardy fern in the way of Polypodium phegopteris, 

 introduced from Japan. A dwarf-growing species with slender stipes 

 3 to 4 in. long, suitable for rockwork, and an interesting companion 

 to the native P. Phegopteris and the North American P. hexagonopterum. 



POLYPODIUM NEEIIFOLIUM, Schk., var. CEISTATUM, Hort. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1897, p. 7, with fig. 



A distinct form of the South American Polypodium neriifolium, 

 obtained by sowing the spores of that species with spores of a crested 

 form of the common P. vulgare. 



The fronds are from 3 to 4 ft. long, the pinnae markedly crested or 

 tasselled. 



POLYPODIUM SCHNEIDEBIANUM, Hort. Veitch. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1896, p. 8, with fig.; Gard. Chron. 1894, vol. xv. p. 665; The 

 Garden, 1894, vol. xlv. p. 472. 



Eaised by our employe, George Schneider, from Polypodium aureum 

 and P. vulgare elegantissimum from spores of these two species sown 

 together. 



The plants show a decided blending of the characters of both the 

 parents, and there is little doubt as to a hybrid origin. The fronds 

 attain a length of 2 to 3 ft., are about 18 in. wide, with closely set, 

 narrowly oblong pinnae, and gently undulated margins. 



PTEEIS LONGIFOLIA, ., var. MABIESII, Hort. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1895, p. 9, with fig. 



A variety of the old Indian fern, Pteris longifolia, sent by Charles 



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