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brown scales, and borne on firm, erect stalks lin. to 2in. long. The leafy 

 portion, Sin. to 12in. long and 3in. to 4in. broad, is cut down to the rachis 

 into numerous horizontal leaflets of a thin, papery texture and finely hairy 

 on both sides. The sori (spore masses) are disposed twelve or more on each 

 side of the niidvcin. — Hooker, Species FUicum, iv., p. 207. Nicholson, 

 Dictionary of Gardening, hi., p. 191. 



P. (Goniophlebium) Matthewsii— Go-ni-oph-leb'-i-um ; Mat-thews'-i-i 



(Matthews' ) , M ettenius. 

 This is a well-marked, stove species, found on the Andes, from Colombia 

 to Peru, characterised by its very pendulous habit and the leathery nature of 

 its fronds, which are Gin. to 18in. long, 2in. to 5in. broad, cut down nearly 

 to the rachis into numerous entire leaflets lin. to 3in. long, Avith generally 

 a broad, rounded sinus (depression) between them. They are borne on stalks 

 4in. to Gin. long, clothed with soft, spreading, brown hairs ; their under- 

 surface is clothed with hairs like those of the stalks, and the spore masses are 

 disposed in single series. — Hooker, Species FUicum, v., p. 20. 



P. (Phegopteris) Maximowiczii — Phe-gop'-ter-is ; Max-im-ow-ic'-zi-i 

 (Maximowicz's), Baker. 

 A greenhouse or nearly hardy species, native of Nagasaki, Japan, with 

 spear-shaped, simply -pinnate (once-divided) fronds 9in. to loin, long, lin. broad 

 at their middle, narrowed to both ends, and often rooting at the tip. They 

 are borne on tufted, naked stalks 2in. to oin. long, and are furnished with 

 stalkless, spear-shaped leaflets, auricled (eared) on the upper and cuneate 

 (wedge-shaped) on the lower side at the base. The texture is thin but firm, 

 and both the surfaces are naked and of a dark green colour. The spore 

 masses are terminal on the ends of the forked veins of the auricles. — Hooker, 

 Synopsis FUicum, p. 50-1. 



P. mediale — med-i-a'-le (medial), Baker. 



This is a very small-growing, stove species, with rigidly leathery fronds 

 seldom more than 2in. long and of little decorative value. The oblong, oblique 

 sori (spore masses) reach from the top nearly to the base of the frond, where 

 they form a line nearer the edge than the midrib. It is a native of Ceylon. 

 — Hooker, Synopsis FUicum, p. 507. 



