STOVE PEEKS. 



CYCLOPELTIS SEMICOEDATA (Half-heart-shaped), Fig. 15. 

 Native of West India Islands. Fronds bright shining green, 

 about 2| feet high, pinnate. Pinnae smooth, 

 sessile, about 4 inches long. Base irregu- 

 larly cordate or auriculate, and articulated 

 with the rachis, which is downy. Sori round 

 This Fern seems to be more rare than 

 it was a few years ago ; perhaps because 

 there is no other way of increasing it 



CYETOGONIUM. 



From Jcyrtos, curved, and gonu. A genus 

 of Ferns separated by Mr. Smith, of Kew, 

 from Acrostichum. The small veins on the 

 fronds are singularly and suddenly bent or 

 angled like the knee of the human frame. 

 These are often known by the name Pcecilo- 

 pteris. 



CYETOGONIUM CEISPATULUM (Spreading- 

 crested). A handsome Fern from Ceylon. 

 Fronds pinnate, inclining to be erect, crenate 

 or cut at the margin, of the deepest green. 

 There are barren and fertile, or spore-bear- 

 ing leaflets, the latter shorter and more 

 Fi*. 15. Cyclopeitis 8 e m i- contracted than the former. On the barren 

 cordata. (Pinna full fronds there is, in the hollow of the 



size.) 



scollops, a short thorny substance. The 

 stems have some scales, and the rhizome creeps : hence it is 

 easily increased by division. The whole plant seldom exceeds 

 2 feet in height, and it may be grown in a moderate-sized 

 stove. 



C. FLAGELLIFERUM (Whip-bearing), Fig. 16. An East-Indian 

 Fern of the easiest culture. We have cultivated it for years, in 



