FERNS 



SELAGINELLA POULTEEL Hort. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1868, p. 17, fig. p. 7. 



A miniature form of Selaginella denticulata which it somewhat re- 

 sembles, but the habit of growth is more dense. 



TODEA FEASEEI, H. & G., var. WILKESIANA. 



Syns. T. Wilkesiana, Brack. 



Gard. Chron. 1870, p. 795, with fig. ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1871, p. 13, fig. 

 This beautiful miniature tree fern was first discovered by the United 

 States' Exploring Expedition in Ovolau, one of the Fiji Islands, and 

 subsequently imported by the Veitchian people. 



It has a slender stem 18 to 20 in. high, surmounted by ten to twelve 

 spreading fronds of a broadly-lanceolate outline, 2 ft. or upwards in 

 length, of thin texture and pellucid character, distinguishable in this from 

 others of the Leptopteris group to which it belongs. 



TODEA MOOEEI, Baker. 

 Syns. T. grandipinmila, Moore. 



Gard. Chron. 1886, vol. xxv. p. 752 ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1887, p. 13. 

 This handsome fern originated in the Chelsea fernhouse under circum- 

 stances which suggested that it might be a hybrid between Todea Fraseri 

 and T. hymenophylloides, the form, however, subsequently proved to be 

 identical with a species found on Lord Howe's Island. 



The obvious and characteristic peculiarity of the plant is the leafy 

 aspect of the fronds, the pinnae of which much overlap at the edges on 

 account of the free growth, and from their unequal development give an 

 irregular outline. 



TODEA SUPEEBA, Col. 



Syns. Leptopteris superba, Presl. 



Moore in Gard. Chron. 1861, p. 697; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1870, p. 35. 

 This beautiful fern from New Zealand requires a cool greenhouse 

 temperature and a moist shady position for successful cultivation. 



The fronds cut into minute crowded segments, have an upward manner 

 of growth and a rich moss-like appearance; from 18 to 24 in. in length, 

 they curve gracefully from the centre, and the dark green of the older 

 are a perfect contrast to the brighter verdure of the younger. 



TEICHOMANES PLUMA, Hook. 



Lowe's New and Bare Ferns, pi. Ixiii. A. 



An exceedingly beautiful and rare species, found near Sarawak in 

 Borneo by Thomas Lobb. 



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