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L. Yieillardii — Vieil-lard'-i-i (Vieillard's), Baker. 



A stove species, of medium dimensions, native of New Caledonia. Its 

 barren fronds, 1ft. or more in length and lin. to oin. in breadth, vary in 

 shape from narrow and entire (undivided) to oblong, with a long, narrow, 

 entire point, and several leaflets IJin. to 2in. long and Jin. broad. The 

 fertile fronds are usually pinnate (divided to the midrib), with several narrow, 

 distinct leaflets disposed Jin. to fin. apart at the base. — Hooker, Synopsis 

 Filicum, p. 175. 



L. YUlcanica — vul-ca'-nic-a (volcanic), Blume. ' 



This totally distinct, greenhouse species, native of New Zealand, 

 Tasmania, Java, and the Polynesian Islands, is suitable alike for the rock 

 Fernery or for a Fern-case. Its broadly egg-shaped barren fronds, 6in. to 

 18in. long and Sin. to Gin. broad, are produced from a thick, oblique, short 

 stem or trunk of a woody nature and densely clothed at the crown with 

 blackish scales, and are borne on pale, erect stalks 4in. to 6in. long. 

 The leaflets, of a leathery texture, and with parchment-hke, undulated 

 margins, are spear-shaped, slightly enlarged at the base, and bluntish at 

 the point ; the lowest pair are usually deflexed (thrown back). The fertile 

 fronds are of the same size as the others, but their contracted leaflets are 

 very narrow, distantly placed, and suddenly enlarged at the base. — Hooker, 

 Species Filicum, iii., p. 13. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, ii., p. 295. 



L. zamiaefolia — za-mi-te-foF-i-a (Zamia-leaved). A synonym of L. Boryana 

 cycacloides. 



L. zamioides — za-mi-o-i'-des (Zamia-like). A popular garden name for 

 L. Boryana and its variety cycadoides. 



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