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THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. 



A. (Euasplenium) cultrifolium — Eu-as-ple'-m-um ; cul-trif-ol''-i-um 

 (hook -leaved), Linnceus. 

 This stove species, which is commonly, though erroneously, called 

 Diplazmm cultrifolium, is a native of the West Indies, where it appears to be 

 very abundant. Its fronds, 6in. to 12in. long and 4in. to 6in. broad, are 

 borne on naked, greyish stipes (stalks) 4in. to 6in. long ; they have on each 

 side of the rachis (stalk of the leafy portion) six to ten leaflets, which 

 are Sin. to 4in. long, with a sharp point, broadly toothed, and of a thin, 

 papery texture. The sori (spore masses) fall short of both the edge and 

 the midrib.— Hooker, Species Filicum, iii., p. 110. Nicholson, Dictionary of 

 Gardening, i., p. 129. 



A. (Euasplenium) CUneatum— Eu-as-ple'-ni-um ; cun-e-a'-tuni (wedge- 

 shaped), Lamarck. 



This is a very handsome, stove species, of wide distribution, for it is 

 found in a wild state in Tropical America, in the West Indies, in the 

 Polynesian Islands, in China, in Cape Colony, &c. Its fronds, 6in. to 15in. 

 long and Gin. to 9in. broad, are borne on firm, erect, naked stipes (stalks) 

 Gin. to 9in. long ; they are provided on each side of the rachis (stalk of 

 the leafy portion) with numerous pinnas (leaflets) of a somewhat coriaceous 

 (leathery) texture, the lower ones Sin. to 4in. long, ljin, broad, cut down 

 to the midrib into several distinctly wedge-shaped pinnules (leafits), which 

 are toothed and cut down in the lower part nearly or quite to the 

 rachis (stalk of the leafy portion). The sori (spore masses) are linear (long 

 and very narrow).— Hooker, Species Filicum, iii., p. 168. Nicholson, Dictionary 

 of Gardening , i., p. 129. 



A. (Euasplenium) Currori — Eu-as-ple'-ni-mn ; Cur-ror'-i (Curror's), 

 Hooker. 



A stove species, native of the Guinea Coast, with quite entire (undivided) 

 fronds of a coriaceous (leathery) texture, 1ft. to lift, long, ljin. broad at 

 their widest part, narrowed gradually to a tapering point, but suddenly 

 at the base, and with the margin slightly undulated. The sori (spore 

 masses) do not reach either the midrib or the margin. — Hooker, Species 

 Filicum, hi., p. 82. 



