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P. (Goniophlebium) guatemalense— Go-m-oph-leb'-i-um ; gua-tem-a- 

 len'-se (native of Guatemala), Hooker. 

 This stove species, which, as its name implies, is a native of Guatemala, 

 is the Phlebodium incequale of Moore. It is a robust-growing Fern, with 

 fronds 2ft. to 3ft. long, 1ft. or more in breadth, borne on naked, straw-coloured 

 stalks 6in. to 12in. long. They are composed of an entire terminal leaflet, 

 6 in. to Sin. long and a little more than lin. broad, and of several similar ones 

 on each side of the midrib. Their texture is somewhat leathery, they are 

 naked on both sides, and their large spore masses are disposed in a single 

 row. — Hooker, Species Filicum, v., p. 29. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, 

 iii., p. 189. 



P. Guilleminiaiium — Guil-le-min-I-a'-num (Guillemin's), Founder. 



A greenhouse species, of medium size, native of San Rafael, Mexico. Its 

 fronds are Ifft. long, Sin. to lOin. broad, and borne on slender stalks 6in. long 

 and clothed with minute hairs. They are oblong-spear-shaped and simply 

 pinnate, being only once divided to the midrib into strap-shaped, sharp- 

 pointed leaflets of a pale green colour on both surfaces, and with the 

 spore masses disposed in one close row near the midrib. — Hooker, Synojjsis 

 Filicum, p. 510. 



P. (Goniophlebium) harpeodes — Go-ni-oph-leV-i-um ; har-pe-o'-des 

 (scimitar-like). This is synonymous with P. loriceum latipes. 



P. Martwegianum — Hart-weg-i-a'-num (Hartweg's), Hooker. 



This greenhouse species, native of Mexico, produces from a stout, wide- 

 creeping rhizome clothed with dark brown scales, fronds 1ft. long, 3Jin. 

 broad, cut down to the rachis (stalk of the leafy portion) into narrow- spear- 

 shaped, toothed leaflets dilated at the base and of a papery texture. The 

 plant is readily recognised by its bright yellow, oval sori (spore masses) 

 disposed in two long rows. — Hooker, Species Filicum, iv., p. 207 ; Icones 

 Plantarum, t. 380. 



P. (Phegopteris) Hasseltii— Phe-gop'-ter-is ; Has-selt'-i-i (Hasselt's), Blame. 



A stove species, of small dimensions and of little decorative value, native 

 of Java. — Hooker, Species Filicum, iv., p. 257. 



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