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THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. 



D. (Stenoloma) fumarioides — Sten-ol-o'-ma ; fu-ma'-ri-6-i'-des (Fumaria- 

 like), Swartz. 



A stove species, native of the West Indies, and much resembling the 

 better-known D. aculeata, as far as the rambhng habit of its fronds and 

 the prickly nature of their stalks are concerned ; but the segments are more 

 deeply cut, and the lobes but slightly broader at their extremity than at their 

 base. The cup-shaped sori (spore masses) are as broad as the segments, on 

 the end of which they are situated. — Hooker, Species Filicum, i., p. 191. 

 Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, i., p. 446. 



D. Gaimardiana — G-ai-mard-i-a'-na (Graimard's). A synonym of D. parallela. 



D. (Loxoscaphe) gibberosa — Lox-os'-caph-e ; gib-ber-o'-sa (having 

 gouty or swollen roots), Swartz. 

 A stove species, of large dimensions, native of the Polynesian Islands, 

 and one which must not be confounded with D. gibberosa of gardens, which 

 is simply a more or less constant, lax form of D. canariensis. In this plant 

 the fronds, Ift. to IJft. long. Gin. to 9in. broad, and borne on naked, upright 

 stalks Gin. to 12in. long, are short-spear-shaped and four times pinnatifid 

 (cut nearly down to the midrib) ; the pinnules (leafits) of the lower leaflets, 

 of the same shape as the frond itself, are 2in. to Sin. long" and lin. broad ; 

 they are of a soft, papery texture, and their segments are cut down to the 

 rachis (stalk of the leafy portion) into long and very narrow or forked 

 divisions. The sori (spore masses) are terminal in the ultimate divisions, 

 and sometimes have a horn extending beyond them. — Eooher, Species Filicum, 

 i., p. 192. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, i., p. 446. 



D. g, brachycarpa — brach-yc-ar'-pa (short-fruited), Mettenius. 



A variety, native of the New Hebrides. Its sori (spore masses) are as 

 broad as deep, and are overtopped by a long horn. — Hooker, Synopsis 

 Filicum, p. 470. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, iv., p. 531. 



D. (Stenoloma) Goudotiana— Sten-ol-o'-ma ; G-ou-do-ti-a'-na (Goudot's), 

 Kunze. 



A stove species, of small dimensions, native of Madagascar. Its slender, 

 creeping rhizome (prostrate stem) produces linear-oblong fronds, 4in. to 



