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rachis), with spear-shaped, entire (uncut) lobes, the lateral ones of which are 

 unequal-sided, with elongated -lobed lower pinnules (leafits), which do not reach 

 quite down to the rachis. The fertile fronds, also deltoid in shape, are borne 

 on stems 1ft. to ljft. long, but their distant, linear (considerably longer 

 than wide) pinnaj are barely Jin. broad, the upper ones simple (without 

 distinct ramifications), the lower ones pinnatifid (divided half-way to the 

 midrib). The proliferous character of the plant is shown by a pair of bulbils 

 disposed at the base of the lower pinnae of the barren fronds.— Hooker, 

 Species Filicum, v., p. 257. Lowe, Ferns British and Exotic, vii., tt. 52, 53. 

 Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, i., p. 18. 



A. (Chrysodium) axillare — Chry-so'-di-um ; ax-il-la'-re (axillary), 

 Cavanilles. 



A greenhouse species, native of the Himalayas, the Neilgherries, and the 

 Philippine and Malay Islands, and one of the most distinct of all those 

 belonging to the narrow -fronded section. From a wide-scandent (long-climbing), 

 slender rhizome (prostrate stem), the fronds, barren and fertile ones equally 

 simple (without distinct ramifications), are produced. The former, borne on 

 short stems, are from 6in. to 18in. long and about IJin. broad, and have 

 their point somewhat blunt, the edge uncut, and their lower half gradually 

 tapering to the base. Their texture is papyraceous (papery), and both their 

 surfaces are naked (destitute of hairs or down). The fertile fronds, from 

 6in. to 12in. long, and from one line to three lines broad, and flexuose 

 (bending to and fro in opposite directions), are borne on stems from lin. 

 to 6in. long. — Hooker, Species Filicum, v., p. 276. Nicholson, Dictionary 

 of Gardening, i., p. 19. 



A. Barter! — Bar'-ter-i (Barter's), Baker. 



This stove species, although more recently found in New Guinea, was 

 originally discovered in Sierra Leone, by Barter, in 1816. It is of little 

 horticultural interest. — Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 519. 



A. Bellermanianum — BeHer-man-i-a'-num (Bellerman's), Klotzsch. 



A greenhouse species, native of Columbia and Ecuador, much in the way 

 of A. conforme (con-for'-me) as regards habit and texture, with barren 



