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The fertile portion of the frond, situated at the base of the barren one, 

 is composed of dense, short branches of contracted segments disposed in 

 a particularly narrow panicle 3in. to 4in. long, and borne on a stalk 2in. 

 to 4in. long. — Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 433. Eaton, Ferns of . North 

 America, i., t. 14, p. 99. 



A. (Coptophyllum) millefolia— Copt-oph-yl'-lum ; mil-lef-ol'-i-a (having 

 barren fronds like the leaves of Achillea millefolia), Gardner. 

 A thoroughly distinct, stove species, native of South Brazil, with fertile 

 and barren fronds separate. The barren ones in shape and cutting much 

 resemble leaves of Achillea millefolia : they are 2in. to 3in. long, fin. to 

 lin. broad, oblong in shape, tripinnate (three times divided to the midrib), 

 and are borne on dense, upright, hairy stipes (stalks) lin. to ljin. long. 

 The oblong pinna? (leaflets) are of an almost leathery nature, and are 

 divided into flattened segments less than one line broad. The fertile frond, 

 which is a panicle 2in. to 3in. long, composed of short branches of contracted 

 segments, is borne on a separate stalk 3in. to 4in. long and slightly hairy. 

 — Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 436. 



A. oblongifolia — ob-lon-gif-ol'-i-a (having oblong leaves), Swartz. 



This stove species, also known as A. Seemanni, is a native of Brazil and 

 Peru. Its fronds, borne on firm, upright, slightly hairy stipes (stalks) 2in. 

 to 4in. long, have their barren portion 2in. to 4in. long, ljin. broad, and 

 formed of from six to eight pairs of sessile pinna? (stalkless leaflets), which 

 are oblong, blunt, and almost entire, the base on the upper side being parallel 

 with the stem. They are of a leathery texture, and have their surfaces 

 finely hairy and their veins flabellate (fan-shaped). The fertile portion, 

 situated at the base of the barren one, consists of a panicle lin. to 2in. long, 

 formed of numerous short, contracted segments, and is borne on a stalk 5in. 

 to 6in. long. — Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 431. 



A. (Anemldictyon) Phillitldis — An-e'-mid-ic'-ty-on ; Phy!-li / -tid-is 

 (Phyllitis-like), Swartz. 

 This species, native of Cuba, Peru, and South Brazil, thrives equally 

 well under either greenhouse or stove treatment. It is of much stronger 



