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THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. 



more or less deeply cleft, of a leathery texture, and naked on botli surfaces. 

 The copious oblong spore masses are usually disposed one to each lobe at the 

 base. — Hooker.^ Species Filicum, iv., p. 230. 



P. (Goniophlebium) grandiceps — Go-ni-oph-leb'-i-um ; gran'-dic-eps 

 (large-headed). Baker. 

 A stove species, of dwarf habit and well suited for basket culture, native 

 of Formosa. Its simple (undivided), oblong-spear-shaped fronds, of a leathery 

 texture, are produced at intervals on a slender, creeping rhizome ; they are 

 about 6in. long and lin. broad, and taper below into a narrow wing. — 

 Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, iv., p. 592. 



P. (Goniophlebium) grandidens — Go-ni-oph-leb'-i-um ; gran'-did-ens 

 (large-toothed). This is a variety of P. persiccefolium. 



P. (Phymatodes) grandifolium — Phy-mat-o'-des ; gran-dif-ol'-i-um 

 (large-fronded). A variety of P. membranaceum. 



P. (Phymatodes) Griffithianum — Phy-mat- 

 o'-des ; Grif-fith-i-a'-num (Griffith's), Hooker. 

 This distinct, greenhouse species, of medium 

 dimensions, is a native of Northern India. Accord- 

 ing to Beddome, it is found in Bhotan, Mishmee, 

 and Khasya, and is said to occur up to 7000ft. 

 elevation. Its simple (undivided) fronds, Gin. to 

 Sin. long and IJin. to 2in. broad, are produced from 

 a wide-creeping rhizome densely clothed with rough, 

 dull brown scales, and borne on firm, erect stalks 

 Sin. to 6in. long. They have their edges prettily 

 undulated, and are sharp-pointed at their summit, 

 while they are rounded or rather narrowed or 

 auricled at their base. The large and conspicuous 

 sori (spore masses) are disposed in a row near the 



midrib, and situated one between each main vein. Fig. 44 is reduced from 



Col. Beddome's "Ferns of British India," by the kind permission of the author. 



— Hooker, Species Filicum, v., p. 62 ; Second Century of Ferns, t. 51. Beddome, 



Ferns of British India, t. 158, 



Fli, 44. Polypodium Griffithianum 



(i nat. size). 



