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CHOICE GREENHOUSE FERNS. 
ALSOPHILA EEBECC.ffi. 
Aji elegant Tree Fern introduced from Queensland. The stem is vciy slender ; the fronds are 
elliptic, bipinnate, the larger pinnre bearing on each side numerous piimulcs, whieh are stalked, linear 
acuminate, with an unequal subcordate base and an inciso-crenate margin. The texture of the frond 
is fii-m, the surface glabrous ; the rachi.s clothed on the upper surface with black fibrilloso scales. It 
is very distinct from all other Australian Tree Fcnis, and a vci’y elegant addition to the group. 
Handsome specimens, 2 and 3 guineas ; yoimg plants, 3s. and 7s. Oii. 
HALSOPILA EEBECC.E. 
