OLEANDRA. 



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texture ; they are 6in. to 12in. long, ljin. to 2jin. broad, slightly wavy, and 

 pointed at their summit. The stalks, 2in. to 6in. long and often blackish, 

 are jointed not far from the base. The abundant and conspicuous sori (spore 

 masses) are scattered, but placed nearly 

 all in the inner half of the frond. — 

 Hooker, Species Filicum, iv., p. 157. 

 Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, 

 ii., p. 481. Lowe, Ferns British and 

 Exotic, vii.j t. 17. 



O. Sibbaldi— Sib-bald'-i (Sibbald's). 



A variety of 0. Cumingii. 



O. Wallichii— Wal-lich'-I-i (Wal- 

 lich's), Hooker. 

 According to Beddome, this tho- 

 roughly distinct and somewhat scarce 

 species is indigenous in Northern India, 

 from Simla and Kumaon in the West 

 to Bhotan in the East, also in Assam 

 and Khasya, where it is reported 

 at 7000ft. elevation. Although of the 

 same habit as the other species, it 

 differs in general aspect from all of 

 them. Its most distinctive character 

 resides in the margins of its fronds, 

 which are furnished with numerous 

 short hairs along all their length 

 (Fig. 3 is reduced from Col. Beddome' s 

 " Ferns of British India," by the 

 kind permission of the author). These 

 fronds, 6in. to 12in. long aDd fin. to 



ljin. broad, are abundantly produced from branched, horizontally-trailing shoots, 

 which are densely clothed with spreading scales of a rusty-brown colour. 

 They are usually of a dull green colour, disposed about 2in. apart, and 



Fig. 3. Oleandra Wallichii 

 (i nat. size). 



