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THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. 



P. (Campyloneuron) Fendleri — Camp-yl-on-eur'-on ; Fend'-ler-i 

 (Fendler's), Eaton. 



This handsome, stove species, also known in gardens as Campyloneuron 

 magnijicum, is a robust-growing Fern, native of Venezuela and New Granada. 

 It is provided with a stout rhizome densely clothed with large, spear-shaped 

 scales of a peculiar greyish-brown colour. Its ample fronds, borne on strong, 

 naked stalks l£ft. to 2ft. long and of a glossy nature, are furnished with 

 leaflets 1ft. to ljft, long, 2in. to 4in. broad, with edge entire, narrowed at 

 the base, and of a leathery texture • they are of a pale green colour and 

 glossy on both sides. The spore masses are disposed in three or four rows 

 between the midvein and the edge. — Hooker, Synopsis MMcum, p. 349. 



P. (Dictyopteris) ferrugineum — Dic-ty-op'-ter-is ; fer-ru-ghV-e-um 

 (rusty-coloured), Baker. 

 A stove species, of medium dimensions, native of New Guinea, with fronds 

 lft. to ljft. long, Sin. broad, borne on stalks ljft. long, clothed densely below 

 and less so above with rusty-brown down and large spear-shaped scales of 

 the same colour. The leaflets are divided into leafits, which are again cut 

 into oblong, deeply-notched lobes of a thin, papery texture, and sprinkled 

 on their under-surface with rusty- coloured hairs. The sori (spore masses) 

 are disposed in two rows on each side of the midvein. — Hooker, Synopsis 

 Filicum, p. 318. 



P. Filipes — Fi'-lip-es (thread -footed). This is simply P. tenellum in a 

 young state. 



P. firmum — fir'-mum (firm), Klotzsch. 



A stove Fern, of small dimensions, native of Guiana and New Granada. 

 According to Hooker, it is scarcely more than a variety of P. rigescens, with 

 leaflets more separated. — Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 335. 



P. (Niphobolus) fissum— Niph-ob'-ol-us ; fiV-sum (cleft), Baker. 



This greenhouse species, native of the Himalayas, where it occurs at 

 elevations varying between 5000ft. and 6000ft., is characterised by its strap- 

 shaped, nearly stalkless fronds, which are 6in. to 12in. long, Jin. to l£in. 

 broad, of a somewhat leathery texture, naked on their upper side, but very 



