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situation. The compost which this species prefers is one made of equal 

 parts of leaf-mould, peat, and loam, with a little sand. It also requires, while 

 growing, an abundant supply of water at the roots, but must have thoroughly 

 good drainage. 



G. L'Herminieri — L'Her-min-i-e'-ri (L'Herminier's). This is a form of 

 G. calomelanos clirysophylla. 



G. (Syngramme) Lobbiana — Syn-gram'-me ; Lob-bi-a'-na (Lobb's), 

 Hooker. 



A stove species, of small dimensions, native of Borneo. Its simple 

 (undivided) fronds, of a leathery texture, and borne on tufted, glossy stalks 

 2in. to Sin. long, are from Gin. to lOin. long, Jin. to fin. broad, linear- 

 oblong (boat- shaped), pointed at their extremity, and narrowed or slightly 

 rounded at the base ; they are smooth on both sides, and the linear -oblong 

 sori (spore masses) are disposed from the midvein to within a short distance 

 of the edge. — Hooker.^ Species Filicum, v., p. 153, t. 300. 



G. Lowei — Low'-e-i (Lowe's). Synonymous with G. Totta. 



G. (Selliguea) macrophylla — Sel-li'-gue-a ; mac-roph-yr-la (large-leaved), 

 Hooker. 



A stove species, native of the Malayan and Philippine Islands and New 

 Guinea. Its simple (undivided) fronds are 1ft. to IJft. long, 3in. to 4in. 

 broad, and gradually narrowed to both ends ; they have their edge smooth, 

 are borne on stout, naked stalks 2in. to Gin. long, and produced from 

 a creeping rhizome (stem) covered with spear-shaped scales of a dull brown 

 colour. The sori (spore masses) are disposed in single, continuous or slightly 

 interrupted rows between the main veins. — Hooker^ Species Filicum, v., p. 159. 

 Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, ii., p. 105. 



G. (Selliguea) Maingayi — Sel-h'-gue-a ; Main-gay'-i (Maingay's), Baker. 



A very distinct, stove species, native of Malacca, with fronds less than 

 1ft. long, triangular, and furnished with live oblong- spear -shaped leaflets, 

 the end one the longest, gradually narrowed at the base ; they are borne on 

 naked stalks IJft. long and of a dull broAvn colour, and the very copious, 

 minute, irregular sori (spore , masses) are dotted or confluent in hnes or 

 curves. — Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 517. 



