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Choice Ferns for Amateurs. 
PTER I S— continued. 
and is a native of Chinaj wli€re it is very common ; it 
also been received from Japan^ &c. Its slender fronds, 
9in. to 18in. long and 6in. to 9in. broad, are borne on naked, 
Fig. 120. A beautifully crested variety of the very popular 
Pteris serrulata. 
pale brownish stalks 6in. to 9in. long, and of a wiry nature. 
Their main rachis is margined with a wing which growss 
gradually narrow^er downwards, and forms the terminal 
leaflet at the summit of the frond. The lateral leaflets are 
disposed in six or more pairs, usually, but not regularly, 
