A Dictionary of Choice Ferns. 
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GYMNOGRAMMK—co7itimied. 
G. pulchella. 
A very hiandsome, stove spe'cies, ntative of Venezuela, 
and one which comes very near G. calomelanos peruviana y 
from which, however, it is readily distinguished by its more 
upright habit and by the shiape of its fronds, which are borno 
on firm stalks Gin. to 9in. long, of a dark chestnut-brown 
colour and silvery. 
G. p. Wettenhalliana, 
This highly decorative variety, of garden origin, differs 
from the type mainly in the crested form of its fronds, which 
are of smaller dimensions, but otherwise very similar in 
division. It does not come true from spores. 
G. schizophylla. 
This is a very distinct, stove species, native of Jamaica, 
and one of the most attractive of Ferns. The fronds, which 
are freely produced from a central crown, are borne on 
slender, reddish-brown stalks; they average about 2ft. in 
length and Gin. broad, and are elegantly arched on all 
sides, which habit makes this one of the very best Ferns 
for growing in suspended baskets. The ultimate segments 
are very small, and their slightly-powdered under-surface 
is covered with the spore masses, which are disposed one 
row to each segment. A very remarkable peculiarity in 
this species consists in the forking of the stalk at about 
two-thirds of its length in the leafy portion, where it pro- 
duces a young plant. These little plants may be used for 
propagation, as they root very freely when pegged down 
on a mixture of peat, chopped sphagnum, and sand, in about 
equal proportions. 
G. s. ^loriosa. 
A beautiful garden form of the above, with fronds of 
much larger dimensions and of a peculiarly feathery nature, 
raised in France by Mr. Ch. Maron in 1881, and distributed 
in 1883 by Linden as one of his introductions. It is also 
of much more robust constitution, and reproduces itself 
true from spores, which are produced abundantly, and also 
from young plants. The latter are found growing not only 
at the extremity of the fronds, but even at the end of each 
leaflet. 
G. sulphurea. 
This exquisitely beautiful, stove species, native of the 
West Indies, is about the smallest-growing of all the Golden 
Gymnogrammes with spear-shaped fronds. The fronds, 
which are Gin. to 12iii. long and Sin. to 4in. broad, are ex- 
tremely elegant, the leaflets being in pairs and set rather 
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