ASPLENIUM. 



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borne on stipes (stalks) about 1ft. long and scaly at the base ; they are 

 smooth, nearly spear-shaped, and of a pendulous habit, The pinnules (leafits) 

 being narrow, distant, falcate (sickle-shaped), and drooping, the fronds have 

 a particularly elegant outline, which is enhanced by the finely-toothed nature 

 of the segments (sub-divisions) of the pinnules. The oblong sori (spore 

 masses) are disj>osed sometimes two on the same vein. — Lowe, Ferns British 

 and Exotic, v., t. 39. 



A. (Diplazium) bantamense — Dip-laz'-I-um ; ban-tam-en'-se (native of 

 Bantam), Baker. 



A stove species, of little decorative value, native of Hong-Kong and 

 Borneo, and, according to Beddome, also of the Khasya Hills, Penang, and 

 Assam. — Hooker, Species Filicum, iii., p. 240. Beddome, Ferns of British 

 India, t. 69. 



A. (Euasplenium) Baptistii — Eu-as-ple'-ni-uni ; Bap-tis'-ti-i (Baptist's), 

 Moore. 



This very handsome, stove species, of medium growth, is a native of 

 the South Sea Islands, the habitat of many good Ferns known in cultivation. 

 It is a perfectly distinct plant, producing from a stout, decumben^ caudex 

 (stem) broadly ovate (egg-shaped) fronds about 1ft. long, borne on stipes 

 (stalks) 6in. to 8in. long; they are bij)innate (twice divided to the midrib). 

 The pinnaa (leaflets), about oin. long, are borne on short stalks ; each of 

 them is provided with four narrow pinnules (leafits) 2 in. long, equally 

 disposed on short, slender stalks, and a terminal lobe, 3 Jin. long and Jin. 

 broad, furnished with distinct marginal teeth pointing forwards, and 

 terminating in a long-attenuated point, which is toothed nearly to the end. 

 The slender stalks of both pinna3 and pinnules give a very open appearance 

 to the centre of the fronds, which are of a thick and leathery texture, and 

 dark green in colour. The long, narrow, and straight sori (spore masses) are 

 parallel with, and close to, the midrib. — Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, 

 i., p. 128. 



A. (Euasplenium) Beddomei— Eu-as-ple'-ni-um ; Bed-do'-me-i (Col. 

 Beddome's). Synonymous with A. crinicaule. 



