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THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. 



disposed in a continuous line along both margins. — Hooker.^ Species Filicum, 

 i., p. 221. Beddome, Ferns of British India, t. 340. 



L. guianensis — gai-a-nen'-sis (native of Gruiana), Dryander. 



A beautiful species, closely allied to L. trapeziformis ; it is a native of 

 Tropical America, from Jamaica southward to Rio Janeiro. The ample 



fronds, produced from a short -cree23ing rhizome 

 (prostrate stem), and borne on rigid, erect stalks 

 Gin. to 12in. long and of a polished nature, are 

 composed of a terminal, simply-pinnate point 

 and from one to six pairs of lateral branches. 

 Gin. to Din. long, which sometimes are again 

 branched. The pinnules (leafits), ^in. long and 

 |in. broad, are not lobed, and their outer edge is 

 bluntly rounded ; they are so closely placed as 

 to be sometimes imbricated (overlapping). The 

 spore masses are disposed in a continuous line, 

 with the outer valve produced, but altered in 

 texture. The general appearance of the whole 

 plant partakes very much of the habit of a good- 

 growing Davallia ; it is also very attractive on 

 account of the lively bright green colour of its 

 foliage. — Hooker, Species Filicum, i., p. 21 G, t. G2a. 

 Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, ii., p. 280. 



L. (Schizoloma) heterophylla — Schiz-ol- 

 o'-ma ; het-er-oph-yr-la (variable -leaved), 

 Dryander. 



A native of the JSTeilgherries, Ceylon, Hong- 

 Kong, and the Malayan Peninsula and Islands, with 

 90. Upper Portion of Frond of spear-shapecl or triangular -oblong fronds, Gin. to 



Lindsaya guianensis , ... it t j n 



^, ^^^^.^^^ 12m. long, 6m. to bm. broad, produced from a 



short- creeping rhizome (prostrate stem) and borne 



on firm, naked, erect stalks 4in. to Sin. long. Its fronds vary from 



simply pinnate (only once divided to the midrib), with large, spear-shaped, 



