A Dicti<J!tiary of Choice Ferns. 
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HYPOL,KPlS— continued. 
bluntly-to'otli'ed ultimiate divisionis, wliich give the plant a 
very elegant appearance. The leafy portion of the fronds 
is of la pe€uliarly thin, papery texture, and bright shining 
green in colour, and the rachis is of la rigid mature, zig-zag, 
dark brown and woolly. The under surface of the frond is 
hairy throughout. The very small sori, produced in great 
abundance, are placed in the sides of the lobes of the seg- 
ments or ultimate divisions. 
This species is singularly pro- 
lific. 
H. repens. 
Although 
coa rse-gro wdn g. 
species, native 
somewhat 
this stove 
of Tropical' 
America, is a robust, hand- 
some plant, with fronds 3ft. 
to 4ft. long, quadripinnatifid, 
produced from a wide-creep- 
ing rhizome, and borne on 
strong, upright stalks 1ft. to 
2ft. long, straw-coloured, and 
more or less densely prickly. 
The lower leaflets (Fig. 98), 
1ft. to 2ft. long and 6in. to 
12in^ broad, are divided into 
spear-shaped leafits 6in. long, 
l^in. to 2 in. broad, with 
oblong -spear-shaped, blunt 
segments, that are cut down 
nearly to the midrib into 
numerous bluntish lobes ; 
they are of a soft, papery 
texture, and tbe sori, two to 
six to a segment or lobe, are 
placed in the notches. This 
species produces spores so 
freeh' that, when once ob- 
tained, it is almost impossible 
to lose it; indeed, it becomes 
a troublesome weed, cover- 
ing every Fern-pan, to the 
species. 
LASTREA. See Nephrodium. 
LEPICYSTIS. See Polypodium. 
LEUCOSTEGIA. Cee Davallia 
LINDSiEA. See Lindsay a. 
Fig. 98. Leaflet of Hypolepis 
repens, a robust and hand = 
some, if coarse = growing 
species. 
exclusion of all less robust 
