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or heart-shaped at the base, 2in. to Sin. long, lin. to fin. broad, all articulated 

 at the base, and the lower ones short-stalked ; they are also rendered very 

 attractive by their margins being finely toothed and beautifully wavy. The 

 fertile segments, which are broader, though shorter, than the • barren ones, 

 bear the small, oblong fruit-spikes, one to three lines long, in close rows on 



Fi^. W9. Pinna and Fertile Pinnule of Lygodlum reticulatum 

 (Pinna, nat. size ; Fertile Pinnule, J nat. size). 



the margins, where they appear like so many blunt teeth (Fig. 109). This 

 species is the L. Schkuhri of J. Smith and the Lygodietyon Forsteri of 

 J. Smith. — Hooker, Synopsis Filicum,, p. 439. Nicholson, Dictionary of 

 Gardening, ii., p. 309. Lowe, New and Rare Ferns, t. 35. 



A soil of a little more substantial nature than that recommended for 

 other kinds suits L. reticulatum best. 



