MATONIA. 



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subjected to the same treatment, M. pectinata has not been successfully 

 grown in this country for any length of time. On account of its peculiar 

 beauty, however, its culture well deserves to be tried again whenever 

 opportunities arise. 



M. pectinata — pec-tin-a'-ta (comb-like), Brown. 



This Fern produces from a strong, creeping rhizome (prostrate stem) its 

 curious and pretty, fan-shaped fronds, which are borne on slender stalks 6ft. 

 to 8ft. long. Their leafy portion, Ift. to 2ft. long and Ift. to IJft. broad, is 

 composed of leaflets of a hard, leathery texture, produced on the anterior 

 (upper) side of the divergent branches, where they are pinnatifid (cut nearly 

 to the midrib) ; they are of a smooth nature and frequently glaucous 

 (bluish-green) beneath. — Hooker, Species Filicum, v., p. 286. Nicholson, 

 Dictionary of Gardening, ii., p. 337. Beddome, Ferns of British India, 

 t. 186. - . 



