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called also Phymatodes lycopodioidcs, is a good basket fern, as is also 

 the P. liniatum. The Polypodium or Goniopholebium squamatum, from 

 the West Indies, is another good fern to suspend in a basket. The 

 Polypodium or Goniopholebium subauriculatum, with the fronds hanging 

 down from baskets, is very graceful ; it comes from the Malaccas 

 The P. Rcinwardtii is another basket fern, with fronds from two to 

 three feet long. The P. refractum is a fine fern, with light trans- 

 parent fronds from one to two feet in length. The P. lonccum, from 

 Mexico, has fronds from twelve to eighteen inches in lengfh. The 

 P. Fortunei, from China, has barren fronds from two to three inches, 

 and fertile fronds from twelve to eighteen inches long. 



The P. adnascens, from India, is a distinct fern. It has both barren 

 and fertile fronds; the fertile fronds are from six to twelve inches 

 long. The P. GJieisbrcghtii, from South Mexico, has a very distinct and 

 remarkable character, and is hardly like a fern in appearance. P. repens 

 is another fern from Mexico. P. persic&folium is a fine basket fern, 

 with fronds three feet long. P. stigmaticum is a small fern from 

 Columbia, with fronds about three feet long. 



The P.filipcs (fig. 916) is a small and pretty species, which lives on the 

 trunks of tree ferns, or creeps up the trunks of trees. 

 P. Heracleum is a noble fern from Java and the 

 Philippine Islands. P. piloselloidcs is a very small 

 and distinct species, which grows in a pan, and is 

 an interesting fern from the Himalayas. P. muses- 

 folium is exquisite in the nervation of its fronds, 

 which are from one to three feet long. It is a 

 native of the Malay Islands, and when well grown 



FIG. 916. Polypodium 



is really a magnificent fern; -however, it is apt to fihpes - 



die off if not grown with care., It should have abundance of light, 



and the peat soil should be occasionally changed. 



The Nothoclaena are a pretty genus of ferns, having fronds mostly 

 small, and generally not exceeding a foot in length. The N. nivea is a 

 very beautiful species from the Andes, which has the fronds completely 

 covered with white powder. 



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