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THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. 



succulent or fleshy nature and scaly throughout. In young subjects they 

 have an almost erect yet elegant habit, as shown in Fig. 135 ; but when the 

 plant gets older its outward fronds, of a more flaccid nature, hang all around 

 the pot in a very graceful manner. The sori (spore "masses) are very narrow 



Fig. 135. Asplenium zeylanicum 

 (much reduced). 



and about Jin. long, and are disposed on a lateral vein half-way between 

 the costa (midvein) and the margin of the lobe. — Hooker, Species Filicum, 

 p. 237. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, i., p. 135. Beddome, Ferns of 

 Southern India, t. 228. 



ATHYRIUM— Ath-yr -l-um. See Asplenium. 



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