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THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. 



P. (Campyloneuron) ensifolium — Camp -y 1- on- eur'- on ; en-sif-ol'-i-um 



(sword-fronded), Willdenow. 

 A form of P. angustifolium , with very narrow, stalkless fronds, between 

 the edge and the midrib of which the spore masses are disposed in one row. — 

 Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 348. 



P. (Goniophlebium) ensiforme — G-o-m-oph-leb'-i-um ; en-sif-or'-me 

 (sword-shaped) , Thunberg. 

 A greenhouse species, from Cape Colony and Natal, provided with a stout 

 rhizome clothed with rusty-brown scales. The fronds, 6in. to 12in. long and 

 4in. to Gin. broad, consist of a strap-shaped terminal leaflet Sin. to 4in. long 

 and of several distant similar ones on each side. These are of a very thick 

 texture, naked on both sides, and the large and conspicuous spore masses are 

 distinctly immersed. — Hooker, Species Filicum, v., p. 23. 



P. (Phegopteris) erubescens — Phe-gop'-ter-is ; e-rub-es'-cens (reddish), 

 Wallich. 



This is a very strong-growing, Nephrodium-like, greenhouse species, which, 

 Beddome states, is found growing throughout the Himalayas and Sikkim, 

 where it occurs at about 2000ft. elevation. Its fronds, oft. to 4ft. long and 

 lft. to 2ft. broad, are borne on naked stalks 2ft. or more in length, of a glossy 

 nature ; their lower leaflets, sometimes lft. long, are cut down nearly to the 

 midrib into close, bluntish, entire lobes. The texture is rigid and somewhat 

 leathery, and the spore masses are situated close to the raised midrib. — Hooker, 

 Species Filicum, iv., p. 236. Beddome, Ferns of British India, t. 213. 



P. (Goniophlebium) erythrocarpum — Go-ni-oph-leV-i-um ; er-yth- 

 roc-ar'-pum (red-fruited), Mettenius. 

 A greenhouse species, of small dimensions and of little decorative value, 

 native of Sikkim, where it occurs at elevations varying from 8000ft. to 11,000ft. 

 — Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 511. 



P. (Goiliopteris) excelsum — Go-ni-op'-ter-is ; ex-cel'-sum (tall), Baker. 



This stove species, of large dimensions, native of Tanna and Aneiteum, 

 is of very peculiar and distinct habit, being arborescent ; the trunk, according 



