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cave sides inwards. All the Ferns love water, and the tropi- 
cal species flourish best under the shade of the larger stove 
plants. The present one sheds its seeds freely, from which 
arise numerous new individuals; thence it is easily propagated. 
Fig. 1. Plant, natural size. Fig. 2. Portion of the frond, with the lines of 
fructification. Fig. 3. Capsule ; and, Fig. 4. The same burst, and in 
the act of discharging the seeds. Fig. 5. Seedgy magnified. 
