104 STOVE FEENS. 



P. LACHNO PODIUM (Woolly-footed). Another Jamaica 

 Polypody, remarkable for its stem being covered with narrow 

 woolly-like scales. Every part of the plant is of a soft, delicate 

 texture. Fronds doubly thrice-cut, growing 2 feet long, 

 standing upon an upright tree-like stem, or rhizome. A lovely 

 Fern ; slow to increase, excepting by spores. 



P. PLUMULUM (Feathered). A West-Indian Fern, and one 

 of the least of the stove species, growing only about a foot high. 

 Fronds of a delicate lovely green, pinnated, with stalks quite 

 black ; the leaflets are lance-shaped, and thickly placed on 

 the stalk. Spore-masses in one row, on each side of the midrib, 

 on the upper end of the frond. Increases freely by division. 



P. PARADISEJE (Paradise). Remarkable for the short stalks 

 of the fronds. A lovely Brazilian Fern, growing 3 feet high. 

 Fronds very slender and drooping, covered with short hair.s, 

 lance-shaped and pinnate; the leaflets long and narrow. 

 Spore-masses in one row on each side of the midrib, covering 

 nearly the entire leaf. A handsome Fern, easily increased by 

 division. 



P. PECTINATUM (Comb-like, alluding to the arrangement 

 of the leaflets, which are set on the midrib in the manner of 

 the teeth of a comb). A West-Indian Fern of great beauty. 

 Fronds pinnfte ; leaflets long and narrow, placed horizontally 

 in parallel lines. It attains the height of 18 inches. The stems 

 are shining black. Spore-masses most elegantly placed in a 

 row on each side of the midrib. This is the most lovely of all 

 the stove Polypody s, and ought to be in every collection. 

 Easily increased by division. 



P. TEICHODES (Three-footed). This rare species is from the 

 East Indies ; remarkable for having its stalks covered with a 

 fine yellowish-brown down, or small scales. Fronds repeatedly 

 divided, very weak, of a delicate green, and hairy, growing 

 3 feet high ; leaflets narrow, lance-shaped. Spore-masses round, 

 yellow, and medial. Rootstock thick and creeping, by which 

 it may be increased by division. 



