LYGODIUM. 



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a bright green colour. The texture is somewhat leathery, and both surfaces 

 are either naked or sHghtly downy. The fertile portions of the fronds show 

 sj)ikes lin. to Sin. long, closely disposed in rows along the edge of the leafy 

 segments. L. voluhile is also known as L. hastatum. — Hooher, Synopsis 

 FiHcum, p. 438. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, ii., p. 309. 



