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THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. 



P. (Phymatodes) glabrum — Phy-mat-o'-des ; glaV -rum (smooth), 

 Mettenius. 



This is a greenhouse species, very closely resembling the better-known 

 P. angustatum, from which it differs principally in being of smaller size and 

 in having its spore masses more confluent. It is a native of East Australia, 

 Norfolk Island, Lord Howe's Island, &c— Hooker, Species Filicum f v., p. 46. 



P. (Phegopteris) glanduliferum — Phe-gop'-ter-is ; glan-dul-if'-er-um 

 (furnished with small glands), Liebmann. 

 This species, of small dimensions, owes its specific name to the nature 

 of its rachis (stalk of the leafy portion), which is finely glandular on both 

 sides. It is a native of Mexico. Its broadly spear-shaped fronds, 6 in. to 

 Sin. long and Sin. to 4in. broad, are borne on slender, tufted stalks 3in. 

 to 4in. long. The lower leaflets, which are also the largest, are cut down to 

 the rachis below into distinct, unequal-sided, deeply-cleft leafits, with entire 

 or slightly-toothed lobes, all of a soft, papery texture. The spore masses are 

 situated one at the base of each lobe. — Hooker, Species Filicum, iv., p. 252. 



P. glandulosum— glan-dul-o'-sum (glandular), Hooker. 



A small-growing, stove species, native of Ceylon, with fronds 2m. to 4in. 

 long, cut down nearly or quite to the rachis into close, deeply-toothed, oblong 

 leaflets of a soft, papery texture, dull green, and densely glandular on both 

 sides. The spore masses are disposed one to three to each leaflet. — Hooker, 

 Species Filicum, iv., p. 193, t. 276a. 



P. (Goniophlebium) glaucophyllum — Gro-m-oph-leb'-i-um ; glau-coph- 

 yl ; -lum (glaucous -fronded), Kunze. 

 The habitat of this pretty and very distinct, stove species (see Coloured 

 Plate) extends from the West Indies and Columbia to Ecuador. It is a Fern 

 particularly adapted for growing on a piece of rock or of sandstone, upon 

 which its slender, firm, wide-creeping rhizomes readily attach themselves. Its 

 oblong, spear-shaped, entire fronds, rounded at the base and terminating in 

 a sharp point, are of a leathery texture, bright green above, and bluish on 

 their under-side, where the spore masses, which are uniformly disposed and 

 of a bright golden-yellow colour, make a very pretty effect. — Hooker, Species 

 Filicum, iv., p. 18. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, iii., p. 189. 



