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CHOICE STOVE FERNS. 
GONIOPHLEBIUM GLAUOOPHYLLUM. 
A very distinct and interesting stove Pern, well suited for basket culture. It has widely creeping 
rhizomes, which are clothed with scales on the younger portions, and from which spnng the simple 
coriaceous oblong-lanceolate fronds, which are of a deep glaucous green colour on the upper surface, 
silvery beneath, and rather conspicuously veined. An illustration of this plant was given m t le 
Gardeners’ Chronicle for July 4th, 1874. 5s. 
GONIOPHLEBIUM SUBAUBICULATUM, 
3s. 6f7. 
GYMNOGBAMMA CALOMELANOS, 2s. 6d. 
and 3s. 6d. 
CHBYSOPHYLLA, 2s. 6(7. and 3s. Cc7. 
DECOMPOSITA, 3s. 6(7. 
GYMNOGBAMMA LAUCHEANA, 3s. 6(7. 
GIGANTEA, 6s. 
MEBTENSII DOBBOYDENSIS, 5s. 
PEBUVIANA ABGYBOPHYLLA, 3s. 6(7. 
_ — WETENHALLIANA, 2s 6(7. and ?s. 6<7. 
GYMNOPTEBIS QUEBCIFOLIA, 3s. 6(7. 
GYMNOGBAMMA SOHIZOPHYLLA. 
A distinct and elegant West Indian Fern, of moderate growth, with gracefully arching fronds, 
which are very finely cut, the ultimate pinnules being deltoid and minute ; the rachis is furcate at 
about two-thirds its length, where it is proliferous. 3s. 6(7. and 5s. 
GYMNOTHEOA BADDIANA. 
A noble Brazilian stove Fern of the Marattiaceous order, and one of the plants inpluded m MaraUia 
dcutafolia hy some authors. It has a large purplish brown root-stock, formed by the imbricating 
stipulifomi bases of the stout fleshy stipites, and produces ample bipinnate bright glossy green fron^, 
the pinuffi of which are lanceolate, and the pinnules linear with the posterior base cordate, the anteritn 
base truncate, and the apex acuminate, whUe the margin is distinctly serrated with sharp even teeth. 
This plant can be recommended as being of noble and ornamental character. 2 and 3 guineas. 
HYMENODIUM CBINITUM. 5s. and 7s. 6(7. 
LASTBEA QUINQUANGULABE, 3s. 6(7. 
BICHABDSII MULTIPIDA, 5s. 
LOMABIA GIBBA, Is, 6(7. and 2s. 6(7. 
LYGODIDM SCANDENS, 3s. 6(7. 
MENISCIUM BETICULATUM, 5s. 
MICBOLEPIA HIBTA CBISTATA, 3s. 6(7. 
NEPHBODIUM TBUNCATUM, 7s. 6(7. 
NEPHBOLEPIS DUPPII. 
A very distinct and remarkable Fern, introduced from Duke of York Island. It is of a close tufted 
habit of groivth, throwing out long thread-like stolones on which young plants are developed, and pro- 
ducing numerous fronds of a very peculiar character and exceedingly ornamental. The fronds, which 
have a charmingly drooping habit, are pinnate, with small rounded pinme, which have the peculiarity 
of growing two togetlier from the same point, and are crenate at the edges. 2s. 6(7. and 3s. 6(7. . 
NEPHBOLEPIS ENSIFOLIA. 5s. 
PECTINATA, 3s. 6(7. 
PHLBBODIUM GLAUCUM, 3s. 6(7. and 5s. 
PLATYCEBIUM GBANDE, 15s. and 21s. 
STEMMABIA, 10s. 6(7. and 15s. 
PLEOCNBMIA LEDZEANA, 5s. and 7s. 6(7. 
PLEOPELTIS XIPHIAS. 
An interesting Fern, introduced from the South Pacific Isles. 1 1 has pinnately- veined simple fronds, 
ending in a suddenly nairowed, longish, tail-Uke cusp ; they arc of considerable size, and well furnished 
with sori ; firm, but not leathery in texture, and arched and somewhat undulated at the edge, which 
is otherwise entire ; the venation is strongly marked and closely reticulated. 7s. 6(7. 
POLYSTICHUM LENTUM. 
A neat-habited and desirable Fern of moderate stature, introduced from India. It has an erect 
caudex, from which the lanceolate pinnate fronds grow up somewhat in shuttlecock fashion, spicading 
at the tips. The short, lanceolate, spiny-toothed pinna; are almost sessile, and are more oi less deeply 
lohate. It has received a First Class Certificate from the Eoyal Horticultural Society. 5s. 
POLYSTICHUM VIVIPARUM. 
An evergreen West Indian Fern, with an erect dark-scaled caudex, from which the glossy green 
fronds arch out on all sides, forming a liandsoiue specimen. The species is remarkable 
producing buds at the tip of the fronds, from which young plants arise The fronds are » 
half or more in length, with numerous pinme. It is a pretty and desirable mtroduction. It has been, 
awarded a First Class Certificate by the Royal Botanic Society. 3s. 6(7. and 5s. 
POLYPODIUM VENOSUM, 3s. 6(7. 1 PTEBIS. of sorts, 2s. 6(7. and 3s. 6(7. 
