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THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. 



P. (Goniophlebium) Yerrucosum— Go-ni-oph-leV-i-um j ver-ru-co'-sum 

 (warted), Wallich. 



A really magnificent, stove species, of large dimensions, native of Malaysia 

 and the Philippine Islands. Its distinctly-pinnate fronds, 3ft. to 4ft. long and 

 lft. broad, are borne on firm, erect, naked stalks ljft. to 2ft. long, and are 

 of a slender, pendulous habit; they are furnished with numerous leaflets 

 6in. to Sin. long, Jin. to fin. broad, quite entire, and slightly hairy on both 

 sides. The spore masses, disposed in one regular row on each side of the 

 midrib, are prominent, and, being deeply immersed, form distinct protuberances 

 on the upper surface of the frond.— Hooker, Species Filicum, v., p. 31 ; Garden 

 Ferns, t. 41. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, hi., p. 195. Lowe, Ferns 

 British and Exotic, ii., t. 3. Beddome, Ferns of British India, t, 257. 



P. Yillosissimum — vil-lo-sis'-sim-um (very hairy), Hooker. 



This small, greenhouse species, native of Sierra Leone and Fernando Po, 

 is very distinct on account of the very hairy nature of its fronds and the 

 densely scaly nature of the stout, creeping rhizome from which they are 

 produced. The fronds are 6in. to 9in. long, fin. to ljin. broad, and cut down 

 within a short distance of the rachis into close, entire lobes of a leathery 

 texture, densely clothed on their under-side with long, soft, brown hairs. 

 The somewhat tufted stalks on which these fronds are borne, and which 

 measure 2in. to 4in. in length, are also clothed with fine, soft, spreading 

 hairs of the same colour. The sori (spore masses) are disposed in two rows 

 near the midrib. — Hooker, Species Filicum, iv., p. 197. 



P. (Goniophlebium) Yillosum— Go-ni-oph-leV-i-um ; vil-lo'-sum (hairy), 

 Karsten. 



A stove species, of medium dimensions, native of the Ancles of New 

 Granada, with spear-shaped, distinctly-pinnate fronds produced from a woody 

 rhizome of a densely scaly nature and about Jin. thick. These fronds, which 

 are gradually reduced at the base, are 9in. to 12in. long, 2in. to 2|in. broad, 

 and furnished with twenty to thirty pairs of blunt, strap-shaped, entire 

 leaflets barely Jin. broad and all enlarged at the base. They are of 

 a somewhat leathery texture, and very thick ; their upper surface, of a dull 

 green colour, is nearly naked, and their under-side is densely clothed with 



