AN ENUMERATION OF CULTIVATED FERNS. 



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28a. AGLAOMOEPHIA* Schott. 



Rhizome short, thick. Fronds sessile, of two forms, the 

 sterile rigid, quei ciform ; fertile fronds 24 feet in length, pin- 

 natifid and sterile below, pinnate and fertile above. Veins of 

 sterile segments oostaeform ; venules and veinlets compound, 

 anastomosing, forming nearly equal quadrangular areoles, 

 containing free veiulets. Fertile pinnae contracted, linear, 

 sinuosely moniliform, 8-10 inches long. Receptacles com- 

 pital, solitary on each lobule, forming a row of punctiform sori 

 on each side of the midrib. 



Genns 23. Portion of tterile and fertile frond, and portion of the latter magnified. 



Illust. Schott, Gen. Fil t. 19; Hook, et Bauer, 

 Gen. Fil. t. 91; Moore's Index Fil pi. 63 J5; Presl, 

 Tent. Pterid. t. 8,/. 21, 22 (Psygmium, Presl). 



1. A. Meyenianum, Schott, Gen. Fil. Polypodium Meyenia- 

 num, Hook. Sp. Fil. 5, p. 94 Philippine Islands. K. 



OBS. This, as its name imports, is a splendid fern, having 

 the habit of Drynaria coronans, but differing in the upper 

 pinnce being contracted and fertile. 



A3lao t splendid, morpha> form ; splecdid foraa. 



