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A. P. tessellata— tes-sel-la'-ta (tessellated), Moore. 



This peculiar and handsome variety, also known as A. P. plumbed, is 

 distinct from all others on account of its fronds, which grow about 20in. 

 high, including their upright, slightly hairy stalks. The pinnae (leaflets) 

 are dark green, with a bright green centre and a leaden-grey border ; they 

 are further ornamented with mottled, transparent, greenish-yellow blotches 

 and veins on the upper surface, which markings and nettings give the fronds 

 the appearance of a charmingly attractive piece of mosaic. As in the parent 

 plant, the pinnae number from four to twelve pairs, besides the terminal one ; 

 but they are of smaller dimensions, measuring only 2in. to 3in. long by 

 scarcely lin. broad. Another peculiarity of this variety is the tendency which 

 it often has to produce from the base of the lower pair of pinnae three fertile 

 segments instead of a pair. — Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, i., p. 73. 



A. radicans — ra-di'-cans (rooting). Synonymous with A. caudata. 



A. repens — re'-pens (creeping). Synonymous with A. hirsuta. 



A. rotundifolia — rot-un-dif-or-i-a (round-leaved), Schrader. 



A stove species, native of South Brazil, having fronds borne on upright, 

 slender stipes (stalks) which are 6in. to 9in. long and hairy in their young 

 state. It is also distinct from nearly all other known species through the 

 barren portion of the frond, Sin. to 12in. long and lin. to 2in. broad, being 

 frequently prolonged and rooting at its extremity. This barren portion 

 consists of from eight to twelve pairs of distantly-placed, almost leathery 

 pinnae (leaflets) lin. long, fin. broad, very blunt, with their lower side 

 obliquely truncate (terminating abruptly) at the base, their outer edge finely 

 toothed, and their surfaces and rachis (stalk of the leafy portion) finely 

 hairy. The fertile portion is composed of short, contracted segments, disposed 

 in a panicle 2in. to 3in. long, borne on a slender stalk 3in. to 4in. long. 

 — Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 432. 



A. rutaefolia — ru-tae-fol'-i-a (Rue-leaved), Martins. 



This stove species, native of South Brazil, which somewhat re, embles 

 A. adiantifolia in general appearance, has its fronds, equally producec from 

 a slowly- creeping rhizome (prostrate stem), borne on firm, naked stalks 

 6in. to 9in. long. Their barren portion is bi- or tripinnatifid (twice or three 



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