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never refusing to grow freely if properly treated. It 

 requires a good depth of soil in the fernery, and must 

 not be kept too damp. Mr. Newman regards the 

 plant as an underground parasite. The best plan to 

 secure success is to transplant the roots with a portion. 

 of the soil in which they are growing, or to remove 

 the sod for some distance round the plant, so as not 

 to disturb it. 



SCALY SPLEENWORT, OR CETERACH. 

 CETERA Off OFFICINAR UM. 



V 



\Willdenow, Bentham, Hooker and Arnott, Babington, 



and Moorel\ 



(Fig. 37.) 



SYNONYMS. 

 SCOIOPENDRIUM CETERACH. Smith. 



GRAMINITIS CETERACH. Swartz and Hooker. 

 ASPLEKIUM CETJERACH. Linnasus. 



THIS is a downy evergreen pretty-looking fern, 

 growing in tufts. The fronds are thick and fleshy, 

 green, and glabrous on the upper side, but underneath 

 thickly covered with brown scales, which completely 

 conceal the sori. The green of the upper surface con- 

 trasts prettily with the rust-coloured brown edge 

 formed round the margin by the scales underneath. 

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