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thin, very glossy involucres, which break irregularly. — Hooker^ Species Filicum^ 

 i., p. 24, t. 12b. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, i., p. 415. Lowe, 

 Ferns British and Exotic, viii., t. 56. 



C. frondosa — fron-do'-sa (leafy), Karsten. 



This greenhouse species is a native of the Andes of Bogota, where it is 

 found at elevations varying between 8000ft. and 9000ft. It is a particularly 

 robust grower, forming a lofty, smooth trunk, furnished with gigantic fronds, 

 12ft. to 14ft. long and about 6ft. broad ; its large leaflets are divided into 

 pinnules (leafits) 4in. to 5in. long and broadly spear-shaped, and the latter 

 are divided again into oblong lobes with conspicuously -recurved margins. The 

 sori (spore masses), situated near the midvein, are covered by roundish 

 involucres of a smooth nature, opening irregularly at their summit. — Hooker, 

 Synopsis Filicum, p. 18. 



C. funebris — fu-ne'-bris (dark, funereal). A garden name for C. sclerolepis. 



C. furfuracea — fur-fur-a'-ce-a (scurfy). Baker. 



A stove species, native of Jamaica, with ample, tripinnate fronds of a soft, 

 papery texture and of a smooth nature, except on the midrib on the under- 

 surface, where they are densely clothed with somewhat egg-shaped and closely- 

 pressed scales of a pale brown colour. The stalk of the leafy portion of the 

 frond is brown and densely hairy above ; that of the leaflets is scaly. The 

 sori (spore masses), disposed on the midvein, are covered with small, smooth 

 involucres of a very fragile nature. — Hooker, Synojms Filicum, p. 450. 



C. Gardner! — Gard'-ner-i (Gardner's), Hooker. 



This greenhouse species, native of Brazil, is of peculiar aspect, and is 

 remarkable for the singular appearance of its pinnules (leafits), which are 

 adnate (attached along their whole length to the stalk of the leafy portion). 

 The sori (spore masses) cover the whole under-side of the lobes, and are 

 covered by almost globose, opaque involucres of a pale brown colour, which, 

 when ripe, curiously burst with a small aperture at the top ; these involucres 

 are also of an unusually persistent nature. — Hooker, Species Filicum, i., p. 21, 

 t. 10a. 



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