FERNS 



Maries, at the time Superintendent to the Maharajah Scindia of Gwalior 

 at the State Gardens. 



It differs from the type in having shorter fronds and more narrow 

 pinnae. 



PTEEIS LUDENS, Wall 



Gard. Chron. 1894, vol. xv. p. 761, fig. 101, p. 783; Veitchs' Ca%. of PI. 1895, p. 85, fig. 

 A remarkable and at the same time beautiful stove fern, native of 

 Malaysia and the Philippines, with fronds of two quite distinct forms. 

 The barren ones vary in shape from triangular to hastate, more or less 

 lobed; the fertile are of variable shape, on long stipes, more or less 

 pinnatifid. 



PTEEIS PALMATA, Willd. 



Syns. Litobrochia nobilis, Moore. 

 Gard. Chron. 1862, p. 932 ; Hooker's Garden Ferns, t. 22. 



Introduced to this country from Eio de Janeiro by Mr. J. Wicks, and 

 placed by him in our hands for distribution. 



In the younger stages the fronds are marked with a greyish band, lost 

 as they reach maturity ; about 15 in. in length, the breadth across the 

 centre is of the same proportion. 



The fern is of large size for the group of net- veined Pterids to which it 

 belongs, and to which the specific name nobilis in the older designation 

 is due. 



PTEEIS QUADEIAUEITA, Eetz., var. AEGYE^EA, Moore. 



Syns. P. argyreea, Moore. 

 Gard. Chron. 1859, p. 671 ; Fl. Mag. 1861, pi. 4 ; Lowe's New and Bare Ferns, pi. x. 



This, the first well-marked variegated fern introduced to cultivation, is 

 still noteworthy for its distinct and novel character, due to the presence 

 of a well-defined conspicuous stripe of silvery grey along the centre of 

 each pinnae. 



From Central India through Thomas Lobb. 



PTEEIS SEEEULATA, L. /., var. CEISTATA. 



Moore in Proc. R.H.S. vol. iii. p. 289; Gard. Chron. 1863, p. 1180. 

 A form introduced from Japan through the late John Gould Veitch, 

 with the general habit of the typical species, but with fronds more or 

 less bipinnately divided, giving a crested appearance. 



SCOLOPENDEIUM VULGAEE, Sm., var. SCALAEIFOEME, Hart. 

 Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1895, p. 11, with fig. 



A pleasing form of the favourite old Harts' Tongue Fern, with curious 

 crisped and corrugated margins of the fronds. 



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