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S. flagellata— flag-el-la'-ta (whip-like), Spring. 



This stove species, of botanical interest only, is a native of French Guiana, 

 where it is found growing on the banks of the streams of Upper Oyapok. 

 — Baker, Handbook of the Fern- Allies, p. 73. 



S. flagellifera — flag-el-lif'-er-a (whip -bearing). A form of S. plumosa 

 of Baker. 



S. flagelliformis — flag-el-lif-or'-mis (whip-shaped). A garden name for 

 S. plumosa. 



S. flexuosa — flex-u-o'-sa (bending to and fro), Spring. 



This stove species, of little decorative value, is a native of South Brazil, 

 where it is said to be common. — Baker, Handbook of the Fern-Allies, p. 57. 



S. formosa — for-mo'-sa (beautiful). A garden form of S. Martensii. 



S. fulcrata — ful-cra'-ta (fulcrate, propped), Spring. 



A large and somewhat coarse-growing, greenhouse species, native of the 

 Eastern Himalayas and the mountains of Burmah. — Baker, Handbook of the 

 Fern- Allies, p. 97. 



S. Galeottei— Gal-e-ot'-te-i (Galeotti's), Spring. 



A stove species, of semi-erect habit, said to be common in Mexico. Its 

 slender stems, 1ft. to 2ft. long, are provided with roots from their lower half 

 and are sometimes whip-like at their summit ; they are flat on the back, 

 bisulcate (twice furrowed) on the face, and copiously branched. The leaves of 

 the lower plane, although close on the branchlets, are spaced on the branches 

 and stem ; they are oblong-spear-shaped and sharp -pointed, of a bright green 

 colour, moderately firm in texture, broadly rounded on the upper side at the 

 base, and eared on the lower. The leaves of the upper plane are one-third 

 to half as long as the others, oblong, sharp -pointed, and much overlap. The 

 fruiting spikes are square and Jin. to Jin. long. — Baker, Handbook of the 

 Fern- Allies, p. 81. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, hi., p. 410. 



S. gracilis — grac'-il-is (slender), Moore. 



A very elegant, stove species, of light, slender habit, native of the South 

 Sea Islands. Its somewhat upright stems, 2ft. to 3ft. long and somewhat 



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