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THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. 



are smaller, short-stalked, and more distantly placed than the barren ones, 

 and their margins are not toothed.— i?e/cAe?ziac/i, Botanische Zeitung, 1872, 

 p. 489. Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 525. 



Fig. 22. Barren Frond and Portion of Fertiie Frond of Daneea crispa 



(nearly nat. size). 



D. elliptica — el-lip'-tic-a (elliptic). Smith. 



This, the commonest known Dana^a, is a native of South Brazil and the 

 West Indies. It is also one of the strongest-growing species, and may be 



