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ONYCHIUM JAPONICUM. 
Fronds 12 to 14 inches long and 6 inches broad, springing from a slightly 
creeping rhizome, the small engravings, 1 and 2 represent a portion of the 
upper and lower surface of a frond. Native of India. A greenhouse fern. 
PELLAEA GERANLEFOLIA. 
Fronds 8 to 10 inches high and 3 to 4 inches wide, of a dark green, the 
stems are polished and are nearly black. The small engravings, 1 and 2, 
represent a portion of the upper and lower surface of a frond. Native of the 
East Indies. A greenhouse fern. 
PELLJEA HASTATA. 
Fronds 18 to 24 inches long, stem and midrib polished, dark brown or 
nearly black. The small engraving, No. 1, represents a portion of the upper 
surface of part of a frond, and 2 a smaller portion at a larger scale. Native 
of South Africa. A stove fern. 
PELLzEA ROTUNDIFOLIA. 
Fronds 6 to 12 inches png, dark green, the stems throughout covered 
with stiff brown scales, the fronds springing from a stout creeping rhizome, 
the small engraving, 1 represents the upper surface of a sterile pinnae, 2 the 
underside of a fertile pinnre. Native of New Zealand* A greenhouse fern. 
PTEPvIS ARGYiEA. 
Fronds from 24 to 48 inches long, the pinnaes are nearly white, oue-third 
of the way up from the mid-rib and are slightly mottled, the small engravings, 1 
and 2, represent the upper and lower surface of one of the pinnaes. Native of 
the East Indies. A greenhouse fern. 
PTERIS CHILENSIS. 
Fronds 18 to 24 inches long, of a deep green. The small engraving, 1, 
represents a portion of a sterile frond, and 2 a portion of a fertile frond. Native 
of Chili. A greenhouse fern. 
