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G. (Eugymnogramme) schizophylla— Eu-gym-nog-ram'-me ; scHz- 

 opli-yr-la (cut-leaved), Moore. 



This is a very distinct, stove species, native of Jamaica, and its elegant 

 contour, moderate size, and graceful habit, coupled mth the delicate 

 cutting of the leaflets and their pleasing colour, render it one of the most, 

 attractive of Ferns. The fronds, which are freely produced from a central 

 crown, are borne on slender stalks of a reddish-brown hue ; they average 

 about 2ft. in length and 6in. broad, 

 and are elegantly arched on all 

 sides (Fig. 70), which habit makes 

 this one of the very best Ferns 

 for growing in suspended baskets. 

 The ultimate segments are very 

 small, and their slightly-powdered 

 mider-surface is covered with the 

 spore masses, which are disposed one 

 row to each segment. — Nicholson^ 

 Dictionary of Gardening^ ii., p. 105. 



A very remarkable peculiarity 

 in this species consists in the fork- 

 ing of the stalk at about two-thirds 

 of its length in the leafy portion, 

 where it produces a young plant. 

 These little plants may be used 

 for propagation, as they root very freely when pegged down on a mixture 

 of peat, chopped sphagnum, and sand, in about equal proportions. 



G. S. gloriosa — glo-ri-o'-sa (glorious), Linden. 



A beautiful garden form of the above, with fronds of much larger 

 dimensions and of a pecuharly feathery nature, raised in France by Mr. Ch. 

 Maron in 1881, and distributed in 1883 by Linden as one of his introductions. 

 It is also of much more robust constitution, and reproduces itself true from 

 spores, which are produced abundantly, and also from young plants, which 

 are found gromng not only at the extremity of the fronds, but even at the 

 end of each leaflet. — Nicholson^ Dictionary of Gardening^ ii., j). 105. 



