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and being covered with pale brown, narrow scales, much resemble a hare's 

 foot. Its fronds, 1ft. to IJft. long, 9in. to 12in. broad, and borne on strong, 

 erect stalks 4in. to 6in. long, are triangular and quadripinnatifid (four times 

 divided half-way to the midrib) ; they are of a leathery texture and bright 

 green in colour. The sori (spore masses), abundantly produced and covered 

 by half-cup-shaped involucres, occupy the whole of the margin of the 

 ultimate division on which they are disposed, and are usually provided with 

 a horn extending beyond them. — Hooker^ Species FiUcum, i., p. 169, t. 56a. 

 Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, i., p. 445. Lowe, Ferns British and 

 Exotic, viii., t. 12. 



The Hare's-foot Fern is a very ornamental and interesting Fern, useful 

 for either pot or basket culture, or for planting on the rockwork. According 

 to Lowe, it was introduced in the Royal Gardens, Kew, as long ago as 1669. 

 Being a native of Madeira, the Canary Islands, Portugal, and North Africa, 

 it succeeds well un'der greenhouse treatment ; it is also an excellent Fern 

 for the dwelling-room. 



D. caudigera — cau-dig'-er-a (tail-bearing). Synonymous with D. urophylla. 



D. (LeuCOStegia) Chaerophylla — Leu-cos-teg'-i-a ; cha3-roph-yF-la 

 (Chervil-leaved), Wallich. 

 This charming, dehcate-looking, greenhouse Fern, frequently found in 

 collections under the name of Leucostegia pidc/ira, is of a deciduous nature 

 and a native of Ceylon, the Malayan Peninsula, Cashmere, the Neilgherries, 

 and the North of India, ascending m the Himalayas to 10,000ft. elevation. 

 Its spear-shaped fronds, 9iii. to 15in. long, 4m. to Sin. broad, and tri- or 

 quadripinnatifid (three or fom' times divided half-way to the midrib), are 

 borne on slender, naked stalks 4in. to 6in. long, and produced on wide- 

 creeping rhizomes (prostrate stems), generally running underground. They 

 are of a thin, papery texture, and of a peculiar pale green colour, and their 

 ultimate lobes, narrow and pointed in the fertile fronds, are rather broader 

 and more blunt in the barren ones. The abundant sori (spore masses) are 

 placed at the base of the teeth of the segments, which they about equal in 

 breadth. — Hooker, Species Filicum, i., p. 157, t. 51a. Nicholson, Dictionary 

 of Gardening, i,, 445. Lowe, Ferns British and Exotic, yvli., t. 13. 



