CYETOGONIUM CTETOMIUM. 



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small pots, in the deepest shade of the stove. It is easily known 

 by the frond having two pinnae at the base, the end one becom- 

 ing narrower towards the 

 end, in the same way as the 

 whip, but more suddenly, 

 and by its producing at 

 the end a knob or knot, 

 which, if not taken off, 

 will soon send out leaves, 

 and finally roots ; by these 

 it may be readily in- 

 creased. It is very sub- 

 ject to the attacks of the 

 brown scale, more so than 

 most Ferns. 



CYETOMIUM. 



Most of the species of 

 Cyrtomium are green- 

 house plants, but there 

 is one kind which requires 

 a stove for its cultivation, 

 that is 



CYKTOMIUM CAEYOTI- 

 DEUM (Caryota-like) . 

 This very b'eautiful Fern 

 was raised from spores, 

 sent from India by W. 

 "Wilson Saunders, Esq., 



of Eeigate. It has pinnate fronds about 2 feet in length, of 

 a dull green colour. The pinnae have sometimes a pointed 

 lobe near the base, and the upper leaflet is divided into three 

 pointed lobes, somewhat like that of the Wine-Palm (Caryota 

 urens). 



Fig. 16. Cyrtogonium flagelliferum. (Pinnae 

 of barren and fertile fronds natural size.) 



