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A. hirsuta — hir-su'-ta (hairy), Swartz. 



This very handsome, stove species, native of Jamaica and South Brazil, 

 and also popularly known under the names of A. repens and A. ciliata, is of 

 comparatively robust habit. Its fronds are bipinnatifid (twice divided half- 

 way to the midrib), and are borne on slender, upright, naked stipes (stalks) 

 6in. to 12in. long : their barren portion, 2in. to 6in. long and lin. to 3in. 

 broad, is composed of from six to eight pairs of pinnaa (leaflets) lin. to ljin. 

 long, | in. to fin. broad, varying from oblong, blunt, nearly entire, or even 

 truncate (terminating abruptly) at the base on the lower side, to deeply 

 pinnatifid, and- with narrow divisions which are of almost leathery texture 

 and have their surfaces slightly hairy. The fertile portion, situated at the 

 base of the barren one, is composed of contracted segments closely set in 

 a panicle Sin. long, and borne on a slender stalk 2in. to Gin. in length. — 

 Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 433. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, L, p. 73. 



A. hirta — hir'-ta (hairy), J. Smith. Synonymous with A. collina. 



A. hirta — hir'-ta (hairy), Swartz. Synonymous with A. Breuteliana. 



A. Langsdorffiana — Langs-dorff'-i-a'-na (LangsdorfF's), Presl. 



This stove species, native of South Brazil and Venezuela, has somewhat 

 the general appearance of the popular A. Phillitidis, from which it differs in 

 several respects, notably in having its veins free instead of intermixed. 

 Its fronds, of almost leathery texture, have their rachis (stalk of the leafy 

 portion) finely hairy, and show a distinct midrib extending nearly to the 

 point of the barren segments. The barren portion, about Gin. long and 

 nearly as broad, consists of six pairs of sessile pinna) (stalkless leaflets), the 

 lowest the largest, 2 Jin. long and nearly lin. broad, the two sides nearly 

 equal at the base, their extremity acuminate (terminating in a tapering 

 point), and serrulate (finely toothed) at the edge. The fertile portion, 

 situated at the base of the barren one, is composed of short branches of 

 contracted segments disposed in a panicle 2in. to 3in. long, and borne on 

 a footstalk of about equal length. — Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 433. 



A. mandioccana — rnan-di-oc-ca'-na (Mandioccan), Raddi. 



This very beautiful and distinct, stove species, native of Brazil, is one of 

 the strongest-growing Anemias known in cultivation, for its handsome fronds, 



