LINDSJEA LITOEKOCHIA. 



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to be a difficulty in growing them, as many beautiful kinds 

 hare been introduced and afterwards lost again. L. cultrata 

 was quite common eight or nine years ago, but we have not 

 seen a plant of it for some time, and believe it to be extinct, 

 or nearly so. Just recently several kinds have been again 

 imported, but will be rare for some time to come. 



LIXDS^A TEAPEZIFOEME (Trapezium-shaped pinnae), Fig. 37. 

 Native of East and West Indies. Fronds 18 inches high, 



smooth, bipinnate ; divisions 

 of the pinnae overlapping as 

 shown in the figure. It was 

 introduced in 1845, but has 

 lately been very rare. Like 

 most of the others, it is very 

 elegant, and we hope shortly 

 to see a good many of them 

 imported. There are a dozen 

 or two of kinds in the tropics 

 which would be well worth 

 growing. 



LITOBEOCHIA. 



The species in this genus 

 were formerly arranged 

 under Pteris. They are dis- 

 tinguished principally by 

 their netted veins. The 

 species are rather numerous, 

 and are chiefly from the 

 hotter regions of the world: hence they require a high tem- 

 perature. We shall only particularly mention a few. 



LITOBROCHIA DENTICULATA (Toothed), Fig. 38. A Brazilian 

 evergreen Fern. Fronds 12 to 18 inches high, glabrous; lower 

 branches subpinnate ; upper part pinnate, with lower segments 



Fig. 37. Lindssea trapezi forme. (Base of 

 pinna full size.) 



