STOVE FEBNS. 



DBYMOGLOSSUM LANCEOLATUM 

 (Lance-shaped), Fig. 24. A Jamaica 

 Fern of considerable beauty. Fronds 

 from 10 inches to a foot long, simple, 

 and narrower towards the end, where 

 the contraction takes place. The 

 spore-masses commence and are con- 

 tinued nearly to the apex, or end, in a 

 continuous line, very near the edge, 

 but not quite close to it. The irregu- 

 larly-running veins are imbedded in- 

 side the frond, Increases readily by 

 dividing the creeping rhizome. 



D. PILOSELLOIDES (Mouse-ear -like) . 

 Probably the smallest of all Ferns, 

 growing only about 2 inches high. 

 The sterile fronds are oval and narrow 

 at the base ; the fertile are very nar- 

 row, and, in consequence of being so, 

 the continuous line of spore-masses 

 almost cover them entirely. The 

 fronds are simple, and placed on each 

 side of a slender creeping rhizome, by 

 dividing which it may be increased. 

 This small Fern grows best on a moss- 

 covered block of wood, hung up in a 

 shady part of the stove. 



DKYNARIA. 



A rather large genus. JSTame de- 

 rived from dryinos, the oak, in allusion 

 to the form of the leaf of the species 

 Fig. 24. Drymogiossum lan- upon which the genus was formed. 



ceolatnm. (Top of frond na- _. . i n n i i 



turai size.) Distinguished generally by having two 



