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P. m. grandifolium — gran-dif-ol'-i-um (large-leaved), Wallich. 



In this variety the fronds are larger than in the type, and .the more 

 copious spore masses are irregularly scattered over the whole of the lower 

 surface. — Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 360. 



P. (Goniophlebium) menisciifolium — Go-ni-oph-leb'-i-um ; me-nis'- 

 ci-if-ol--i-um (Meniscium-leaved), Langsdorff and Fischer. 

 This is a strong-growing, stove species, native of Panama, Trinidad, and 

 Brazil, and, according to Lowe, was introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, 

 in 1841. Its fronds, 2ft. to 3ft. long and 1ft. or more in breadth, are borne 

 on firm, erect, smooth stalks 1ft. to 2ft. long. They are composed of an entire 

 (undivided) terminal leaflet, 6in. to 9in. long and ljin. to 2in. broad, and of 

 numerous smaller ones on each side of the rachis, all narrowed to the base. 

 Their texture is somewhat leathery, they are naked on both sides, and the 

 prominent spore masses are deeply immersed on the upper side. — Hooker, 

 Species Filicum, v., p. 27. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, iii., p. 191. 



P. (Goniopteris) meniscioid.es — Ga-ni-op'-ter-is ; me-nis-ci-o-i'-des 

 (Meniscium-like) , Liebmann. 

 A strong-growing species, native of Mexico, with fronds 2ft. to 4ft. long 

 and 1ft. to 2ft. broad, borne on strong, upright, quite naked stalks 1ft. to 2ft. 

 long. These fronds are composed of a terminal leaflet and from six to twelve 

 pairs of lateral ones, the lowest stalked, 1ft. long, I Jin. broad, sharp-pointed 

 at their extremity, and with the edge nearly entire ; they are of a rigid 

 texture and quite naked on both sides, and the sori (spore masses) are 

 disposed in either single or double rows between them. — Hooker, Synopsis 

 Filicum, p. 314. 



P. meridense— mer-id-en'-se (native of Merida), Klotzsch. 



A stove species, of medium dimensions and of little decorative value, 

 native of South America. — Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 333. 



P. (Drynaria) Meyenianum— Dryn-a'-ri-a ; Mey-en-i-a'-num (Meyen's), 

 Schott. 



This stove sj3ecies, commonly known in gardens as the " Bear's-paw Fern," 

 is as ornamental as it is distinct, and is a native of the Philippine Islands, 



