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Choice Ferns for Amateurs. 
GLKICHKMA— continued. 
is very variable in size as well as in the shape of its 
leaflets, which .are sometimes l^ft. long and 6m. broad, 
but frequently only 5in. long and 2in. broad. In some 
cases they are more or less woolly beneath, but they are 
generally smooth, bright green above, and very glaucous 
underneath. Occasionally also the lowest pair of the lobes 
of which they are composed are much elongated, reflected, 
and pinnatifid, and the species is distinguished at first 
sigiic by the pairs of accessory leaflets which are invari- 
ably present at the base of the forks. G. dichotoma is a 
solitary species in its section, not only on account of the 
peculiar formation of its fronds, but also because it is 
perhaps the only species provided with wiry, creeping 
rhizomes of the smooth, shining nature of those of the 
plants with beaded leaflets. The sori, according to Lowe, 
consist of from ten to twelve capsules, punctiform and 
naked. 6r. Hermanni and G. rufinervis are synonymous 
with this species. 
Q. flabellata. 
No doubt this is the most popular and best-appreciated 
of all those belonging to its section. It is a native of 
Australia and Tasmania, New Zealand, and New Cale- 
donia, and it is a greenhouse Fern of robust, erect habit, 
making a magnificent specimen. The handsome, fan-shaped 
fronds, produced from thick, underground rhizomes of 
a woody nature, are very proliferous and two or three 
times forked, thus producing a whorl of spear-shaped, 
ascending leaflets furnished with comb-like leafits and ter- 
minating in a tail-like process. These leafits or seg- 
ments are very narrow and of a bright green colour on 
both surfaces. The sori consist of from one to four naked 
spore cases disposed on each side of the midvein. The 
stalks are stout, of a dark colour, and it is not unusual 
to see specimens 6ft. in height and 6ft. through. 
Q. Hermannio 
A synonym of G, dichotoma. 
Q. microphylla. 
A synonym of G, circinata, 
G. rufinervis. 
Synonymous with G. dichotoma, 
Q. rupestris. 
A rare and very handsome greenhouse species, native 
of New South Wales and Port Jackson, somewhat allied 
to G. circinata, but of denser and more symmetrical 
