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Choice Ferns for Amateurs. 
GYM^OGRAMMK— continued. 
G. Pearcei robusta. 
Like the type^ from wliich it is an accidental needling, 
this variety has somewhat deltoid fronds of a dark green 
colour and very finely cut, but narrower at the base and 
more elongated towards the summit : in other respects it 
Fig. 94. Gymnogramme javanica, a Fern that with difficulty 
is differentiated from G. japonica. 
is larger in all its parts. The lower portion of the stalks 
and the crown itself are covered with white powder. Unlike 
most Gymnogrammes, which have but a single crown^ this 
variety forms a tuft of crowns at the apex of the short stem, 
from which many stalks arise, giving the plant a denser 
habit and the appearance of being better furnished than 
the original type. 
