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Choice Ferns for Amateurs. 
CnKlLANTUKS—eofitlmied. 
pocket-shaped. The upper surface of the frond is of a 
bright pale green, and slightly hairy, while the lower one is 
distinctly matted and scaly. The abundant sori are dis- 
posed all round the margin of the bead-like segments, and 
are slightly confluent. 
C. odora. 
Synonymous with C. fragrans. 
C. pulchella. 
A distinct and pretty greenhouse species, native of 
Madeira and the Canaries, with fronds Sin. to 12in. long 
and 2in. to 4in. broad, borne on densely-tufted, strong, 
erect, dark chestnut-brown stalks Sin. to 9in. long. These 
fronds are tripinnate, and their lower leaflets, 2in. to Sin. 
long and opposite, are divided into spear-shaped leafits of 
a somewhat leathery texture, and cut down to the rachis 
into numerous narrow-oblong segments, around the edges 
of which the copious roundish sori are regularly disposed. 
C. radiata. 
For a long time this pretty little stove Fern was con- 
sidered a species of Adiantum, to which, by its general 
appearance, it seems related much more than it does to 
any of the plants belonging to this genus. It is a native 
of tropical America, and has a very extensive range. 
Usually there are six to nine leaflets to each frond, all 
starting from a common central point like the spokes of a 
wheel, w^ith a whorl of bract-like segments at the axis ; 
they are borne at the extremity of strong, erect, wiry stalks 
1ft. to Ipt. long, and of a blackish, glossy, polished 
nature. The longest of the leaflets are from Gin. to 9in. 
long, about lin. broad, and furnished with numerous 
leafits about ^in. long, unequal-sided, truncate at the base 
below, and eared at the base above. The small and very 
numerous sori are very conspicuously placed along both 
margins of the entire pinnules, often crowded, and always 
covered w^ith a kidney-shaped indusium of a bright brown 
colour. 
C. tenuis. 
A pretty little stove species, native of Mexico, with 
fronds averaging about 1ft. in length, including the stalk, 
which is produced from a creeping rhizome; they are some- 
what spear-shaped and tripinnate. The leaflets, oblong in 
shape, are divided again into minute and somewhat circular 
segments with a wedge-shaped base, dented, reflexed, and 
concave; they are covered on both sides with a woolly 
