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THE GENERA AND SPECIES OF CULTIVATED FERNS. 
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inferior obliquely truncate, serrate at the margin. Sori linear, five or six pair on each pinna, 
winged, ebeneous ; terminal, adherent to an erect fasciculate rhizome. 
2-1. A. ebeneum, Aiton. — A beautiful neat evergreen greenhouse Fern, native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
Mexico, and North America. Fronds glabrous, linear-lanceolate, a foot or more long, light green, pinnate ; pinnae 
sub-sessile, imbricate, oblong, inferior ones cordate-hastate, superior aurieulate, round at the apex, obtusely 
crenate at the margin. Eachis and stipes ebeneous ; shining, pubescent ; terminal, adherent to a tufted rhizome. 
25. A. mutilatum, Kaulfuss. — A beautiful evergreen warm greenhouse Fern, from the Cape of Good Hope. 
Fronds glabrous, slender, one foot long, pinnate, light green ; pinnse membranous, oblong-acuminate, petiolulate, 
inferior ones hastate, superior aurieulate, cuneate at the base, inciso-serrate with segments acute. Eachis 
winged throughout. Fronds terminal, adherent to an erect fasciculate rhizome. This species has been in 
cultivation since 1845. 
26. A. riride, Hudson. — A neat little evergreen hardy or frame species, indigenous to Britain and found in all 
European countries. Fronds glabrous, linear-lanceolate, light green, from four to eight inches long, pinnate ; 
pinnae roundish ovate, generally alternate, petiolulate, cuneate at the base, obtusely crenate at the margin. 
Eachis and stipes green. Fronds often divided at the apex ; terminal, adherent to a tufted rhizome. 
27. A. Betrarclue, Decandolle. — A delicate little evergreen greenhouse Fern, from the south of France. 
Fronds glandulose-pubescent, six inches long, light green, pinnate ; pinnse oblong, petiolate, pinnatifid with 
obtusely crenate segments. Stipes and rachis ebeneous, terminal ; adherent to a tufted rhizome. 
28. A. recti/latum, J. H. — A beautiful pendulous evergreen greenhouse species, from St. Helena. Fronds 
slender, glabrous, lanceolate, one foot long and rooting at the apex, dull green, pinnate ; pinnae membranous, 
oblong, slightly petiolate, round at the apex, superior base somewhat round and sub-auriculate, inferior truncate, 
obtusely crenate at the margin. Eachis winged throughout. Fronds terminal, adherent to a fasciculate erect 
rhizome. This species was introduced in 1847. 
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29. A. brachyopterum, Kunze. — A low-growing neat evergreen stove Fern, from Sierra Leone. Fronds 
glabrous, horizontal, linear-acuminate, eight or ten inches long, of a light green, and rooting at the apex, 
bipinnate ; lower pinnae rhomboidaL upper dimidiate, cuneate at the base, with obtuse linear segments, inferior one 
largest. Eachis and stipes channeled ; terminal, adherent to an erect fasciculate rhizome. Sori oblong, solitary 
one on each segment. This species has been in cultivation since 1844. 
30. A. flatcidum, Forster. — A pendulous evergreen greenhouse Fern, from New Zealand. Fronds elongate 
lanceolate, two and a half or three feet long, bi-tri-pinnatind, deep green ; pinnae narrow elongate, pendulous, 
remote, viviparous, decurrent at the base, six or seven inches long ; pinnules linear elongate, cuneate at the 
base, largest next the midrib ; segments linear acute, distant and repand. Fronds scattered over beneath with 
minute dark cordate scales; terminal, adherent to a scaly somewhat creeping rhizome. We believe the A. odon- 
tites of New Holland to be identical with this species. 
31. A. rachirhizon, Eaddi (A. rhizophorum, Sort). — A very graceful evergreen stove Fern, native of Brazil 
and the West Indies. Fronds glabrous, rather ovate-elongate, one and a half to two feet long, void of pinnae on 
the apex, and rooting at the point, bi-tripinnate, deep green ; pinnae lanceolate, often proliferous on the apex ; 
pinnules rather ovate, obtuse ; segments obovate-cuneate, obtusely crenate at the margin. Eachis and stipes 
ebeneous, shining, slightly winged ; terminal, adherent to an erect fasciculate rhizome. 
32. A. scandens, J. Smith. — An elegant evergreen stove Fern, from Java and the Philippine Islands. Fronds 
lanceolate, one and a half or two feet long, light green, bi-pinnatind ; pinnae oblong, round at the apex, with 
linear obtuse segments. Eachis and stipes marginate, scaly. This species has been introduced by Messrs. Veitch 
and Son, to whom we are indebted for cultivated specimens. 
33. A. bulbifernm, Forster. — An ornamental evergreen greenhouse Fern, from New Zealand. Fronds 
lanceolate, rather erect, one and a half to two feet high, light green, sub-tripinnatifid ; pinnae oblong acuminate, 
viviparous ; pinnules rather ovate, largest next the midrib, cuneate at the base ; segments linear acute. Fronds 
with the under surface scattered over with minute dark cordate scales ; terminal, adherent to a thick somewhat 
creeping scaly rhizome. 
34. A. appendieitlatum, Presl (Caenopteris, Labillardiere ; A. laxum, E.Brown). — An ornamental evergreen 
greenhouse Fern, from Van Diemen's Land. Fronds lanceolate, a foot and a half long, dull green, sub-tripinnate ; 
pinnae oblong, acute, the apex proliferous ; pinnules rather ovate, cuneate at the base, segments acute. Sori 
oblong, becoming confluent, and covering the whole under surface. Eachis and stipes scaly, winged ; terminal, 
adherent to a short somewhat creeping rhizome. 
35. A. cicutarium, Swartz. — An elegant evergreen stove species, from Jamaica. Fronds glabrous, lanceolate, 
one to one and a half foot long, light green, tripinnate ; pinnae lanceolate; pinnules rather ovate, cuneate at the 
base, lowest one appressed to the midrib ; segments linear acute. Eachis and stipes ebeneous, winged throughout ; 
terminal, adherent to a fasciculate erect rhizome. 
36. A. viviparum, Presl (Caenopteris, Berg i us ; Darea fceniculaeea, Sieber). — An elegant little evergreen 
Fern, from the Mauritius. Fronds glabrous, ovate-lanceolate, one foot long, tripinnate, bright green; pinnae 
oblong acuminate, apices viviparous, segments linear-filiform. Fronds terminal, adherent to a scaly somewhat 
creeping rhizome. 
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