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broad. Another form of this beautiful fern is the var. 

 latum. 



A. Farley ense, Hort., "appears to be an abnormal form of 

 A. tenerum, Siv., of garden origin." It is undoubtedly, 

 when well grown, one of the most magnificent of Adian- 

 tumsj perhaps of any of the lower-growing ferns. It 

 never bears fruit. Mr. Such, of South Amboy, N.J., 

 had in 1875 plants of this fern three feet in diameter. 



A. ma^rophyllum, Sw. (Hk., Fil. Ex., PI. 55, and H. and G., 

 PI. 132). Fr. 12-30 inches long, 4-8 inches broad. The 

 segments are large, and the color of the young fronds is 

 a beautiful pink. 



A. Peruvianum, Klotzsch (Hk., Sp. Fil., vol. ii., PI. 81, C). 

 Fr. and segments large. 



A. Sancta Catherines, Hort., does not very much differ from 

 A. trapeziforme, Linn., of which it is a variety. 



A. velutinum, Moore (Card. Chron., 1866). Fr. 18-24 inches 

 long, 10-15 inches broad. A fine fern. 



Angiopteris evecta Hoffm. (H. and G., PL 36, and Hk., Fil. 

 Ex., PI. 75). A very interesting but large and coarse 

 fern, belonging to the sub-order Marattiacea of Hk., 

 plants of which order are, on account of their peculiar 

 mode of fruiting and growth, considered by Sachs as 

 pseudo-ferns. 



Asplenium Belangeri, Kunze (Beddome, Ferns of British 

 India, PL 287). Malayan Peninsula, &c. Fr. 12-18 inches 

 long, erect, graceful. 



A. cicutarium, Sw. (Lowe, vol. v., PL 20). Tropical America. 

 Fr. 1 2-1 8 inches long, 4-6 broad. A delicate and beau- 

 tiful fern. 



A.formosum, Willd. (Hk., Fil. Ex., PL 16). Tropical Amer- 

 ica. A delicate fern, with fr. 6-12 inches long, and I inch 

 broad. 



A. Zeylanicum, Hk. (Hk., 2d Cent, of F., PL 16). Fr. 6-12 



