A SPLENIUM. 



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A. (DIplazium) flavescens — Dip-laz'-i-um ; fla-ves'-cens (yellowish), 

 Mettenius. 



A stove species, native of Cuba and Peru, distinguished from most other 

 kinds by its nearly arborescent caudex (stem). Its fronds, of a bright green 

 colour and 2ft. to 3ft. long by 1ft. to ljft. broad, are borne on firm, erect 

 stipes (stalks) 1ft. or more long, of a brownish colour and nearly naked ; 

 they are composed of a large terminal leaflet and ten to fifteen lateral ones 

 of a somewhat coriaceous (leathery) texture, with the edges nearly entire or 

 very slightly toothed and the base narrowed or rounded equally on both sides. 

 The lower leaflets, which are stalkless or slightly stalked, 4in. to Sin. long 

 and l£in. to 2in. broad, terminate in a sharp point. The sori (spore masses) 

 fall short of both the edge and the margin. — Hooker, Species Filicum, 

 iii., p. 242. 



A. (Diplazium) flexuosum — Dip-laz'-i-um ; flex-u-o'-sum (flexuose, 

 bending in a zigzag manner), Presl. 

 This stove species, native of Peru, is of very singular habit, through 

 its ample fronds, borne on firm, naked stalks of a brownish colour, being 

 composed of leaflets with a very flexuose rachis and with pinnules (leafits) 

 deflexed first and then curved upwards. The lower leaflets, of a sub -coriaceous 

 (somewhat leathery) texture, are from 1ft. to ljft. long, 6in. to 9in. broad, 

 and furnished with stalked pinnules Sin. to 5in. long, lin. to Sin. broad, 

 lobed in their upper part but cut down in their lower part quite to the 

 stalk into oblong lobes. The long and very narrow sori (spore masses) are 

 disposed in regular rows not reaching quite to the edge. — Hooker, Species 

 Filicum, hi., p. 263. 



A. foecundum — foe-cun'-dum (prolific). A popular name, synonymous 

 with A. compressum. 



A. foeniculaceum— fce-nic-ul-a'-ce-um (Fennel-like). A variety of 

 A. fragrans. 



A. (Athyrium) foliolosum— Ath-yr'-i-um ; fol-i-ol-o'-sum (leafy), 

 Wallich. 



This distinct, stove, evergreen species, native of the East Indies, Java, 

 and Ceylon, has fronds 1ft. to ljft. long, 6in. broad, and almost pendulous ; 



