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Choice Ferns for Amateurs. 
GYyiNOGRAMMK—ccmtinued. 
The more noteworthy lare : G. c. chrysophylla (aptly called by 
Lowe the "King of the Gold Ferms''); G. c. c. Alstonice 
(nearly all of whose leaflets are turned upwards and grace- 
fully incurved, the upper side of the fronds appearing as if 
dotted with golden globules) ; G. c. c. grandiceps (a beau- 
tiful crested form) ; G. c. c. Laucheana and the gigantic 
Fig. 93. Gymnogramme calomelanos peruviana, a rather 
striking and graceful form. 
form (gigantea) ; G. c. c. L. grandiceps (the most striking of all 
known Gold Ferns) ; G. c, c. Parsonsii (a beautifully-crested 
dwarf form, of upright habit) ; G. c. peruviana (Fig. 93), 
G. c. p. argyrophylla (the finest of all Silver Ferns, being 
thickly coated with white meal); and G. c. p. Mayii (fronds 
surfaced with pale yellow powder). 
Q. dealbata. 
Synonymous with G. tartarea. 
