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Fronds pinnate, growing 3 feet high; the leaflets are 6~inches, 

 sharp, lance-shaped, undulated or wavy, and of a shining, 

 bright green colour. Spore-masses large, often in two rows, 

 and of a yellowish colour. Stalk bright green, and jointed 

 on the creeping, scaly rootstock. Increased by division. A 

 truly elegant Fern, but requires plenty of room to show off its 

 beauty to advantage. 



G. NERIIFOLIUM (Oleander-leaved). A very fine species, 

 with fronds about a yard high. They are pinnate, the side 

 divisions being lance-shaped, about 6 inches long, and about 

 three-quarters of an inch wide. The terminal leaflet is larger. 

 Rhizome scaly and creeping. 



G. PILOSELLOIDES (Pilosella-like). A West-Indian, low- 

 growing, creeping Fern, suitable for rustic baskets to suspend 

 in the stove. Fronds simple, sterile, covered with light- 

 coloured hairs, oval-shaped, and only 2 inches high j fertile, 

 hairy, narrower than the barren fronds, and grows nearly 

 double the height. Spore-masses in one series, and each sur- 

 rounded with narrow scales. Rootstock slender and creeping. 

 Increased very readily by division. This species is sometimes 

 called Lopholepis. 



G. SUBAURICULATTJM (Half-eared). From the Isle of Luzon. 

 The most beautiful Fern in the genus. Fronds pinnate, 

 growing 4 feet long ; leaflets long and narrow, bright green, 

 and subauriculate at the base. The fronds being long and 

 slender, they are pendulous : hence it is a grand plant for a 

 basket. There is a plant of it at Eew so growing that it has 

 nearly twenty full-grown fronds, some of which are nearly 

 8 feet long. This is a noble elegant plant, and this is the way 

 the plant ought to be grown to show its beauty. Increased 

 by spores or by division, but it does not increase so rapidly 

 in this way as some other species. It is the plant formerly 

 called Polypodium Seinwardtii. 



G. SEPULTTJM (Covered). A very remarkable South- 

 American Fern, of great beauty, and very rare. The fronds 



