Notes and Glcaiimsrs. 



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^j;/5/(?/7/«;« (//;;/<7;;/5//«;;/, sometimes labelled '•'■A.bifortnis!''' — A grand spe- 

 cies, often confounded with bulbiferuvi, but inexcusably so, for they are perfectly 

 distinct. Independent of its fine arching, ample, glossy fronds, this species is 

 interesting on account of the distinct characters of its barren and fertile fronds; 

 the first being broad and leafy, the second finely cut with linear pinnules. Grows 

 freely planted out in a cool-house, makes a fine specimen, and will thrive to 

 perfection in a close case. 



ASPLENIUM MVRIOPHYLLUM. 



Asplenium Jlabellifolium. — A lovely little fern for suspended baskets, in a 

 case, or to plant high up on a rockery, in a cool-house, or to stick into a chink 

 in a damp wall, in the shady part of the stove. 



Asplenhun hemionitis, better known as A. palinaiiun. — A bold, showy fern, 

 with broad palmate fronds, on which the sori are produced in beautiful lines. 

 Figured in "Floral World," vol. v. (1862), p. 217. One of the best case-ferns 

 known ; also fine for the cool-house, as it is nearly hardy. There is a pretty 

 crested variety of it. 



Asplenium lucidum. — An exhibition-fern, nearly hardy, and therefore first- 

 rate for the cool-house, and especially fine for the in-door rockery. The fronds 



