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brachypteron ; rachirhizon; mucronatum ; deliculatulum ; adian- 

 tioides ; Halleri ; rutaceum ; ferulaceum ; formosum ; bulbiferum ; 

 praBmorsum. 



Actiniopteris. 



Curious and most interesting Ferns resembling minute Fan- 

 palms. A. flabellata is a native of India, said to grow on old 

 walls at Agra. 



Onychium. 



0. lucidum. A Fern of exceeding beauty, with pinnatified, 

 spray-like fronds ; native of Nepal, and thrives well in Calcutta 

 gardens. 



Nephrodium. 



Contains some very beautiful species, among which are 

 N. invisum ; latifrons ; recedens ; sanctum ; molle, var. corym- 

 biferum. 



Aspidium. 



Upon the whole not very ornamental Ferns. 



1. A. proliferum. A beautiful species, with large, finely- 

 divided, plume-like fronds ; thrives well about Calcutta. 



2. A. squalens. A common Fern, tolerably pretty, the frond 

 consisting of the midrib, with a row of green comb-like teeth on 

 each side. 



A. Klotzchii and A. denticulatum are very graceful and feathery ; 

 and A. triangulare ; A. falcatum, says Sir W. Hooker, coveted by 

 Fern-growers for its beauty. 



t 

 Davallia. 



Among the handsomest Ferns of the order. Some two or 

 three species from Port Blair have been long in the Agri-Horti- 

 cultural Society's Garden. These, like many of the genus, 

 have white woolly stems about the thickness of a man's little 

 finger, which lie flat upon the ground or the object that supports 

 them, in delightful contrast with the elegant verdant plume- 

 like fronds. 



Especially to be noted for their beauty are D. affinis ; cana- 

 riensis, the Hare's-foot Fern ; ciliata ; leucostegia ; stenoloma ; 

 bullata ; and elegans, var. dissecta, a truly lovely object as seen 

 clinging to a log some six feet high. 



