POLYSTICHUM aculeatum (S. America), deep-green, hardy; 
very evenly cut into pinnatifid segments; tends to stay low 
IPHFM #838 
POLYSTICHUM aculeatum proliferum, dwarf fern quickly mul- 
tiplying WAHFM #839 
POLYSTICHUM tsus-sinense (Japan), dwarf and leathery 
miniature fern WAHFM #840 
POSOQUERIA latifolia (C. America), like English laurel; 
fresh green narrow leathery leaves, darker along veins 
WALFM #841 
POTHOS hermaphroditus (Java), hard fern-like feathered 
fronds with slender leaves, constricted through the center; 
climbing the great jungle trees WTHFM #842 
POTHOS jambea (Jaya), the true genus Pothos; climbing 
species with larger hard leaves, constricted near base 
WTHFM #843 
PTERIS (Australia) , Dwarf Table Ferns WALSM 
adiantoides, (Pellaea viridis) (Africa), leathery divided 
leaves # 844 
argyraea, large robust variegated, feathered #845 
cretica albo-lineata, leathery leaf with broad cream center 
stripe # 846 
ensiformis Victoriae, dwarf, prettily variegated sliver-white 
#847 
flabellata, very good keeper, dainty yet wiry feathered fronds 
# 848 
Gauthieri, finely serrated #849 
rivertoniana, medium high, graceful, serrated, lacy foliage 
#850 
serrulata, narrow fronds #851 
tremula, robust grower, feathered large grass-green fronds 
#852 
umbrosa, plain divided leaf #853 
wilsoni, short bushy, shapely crested fronds #854 
wimsetti, assorted serrated, plain and crested leaves #855 
RHAPHIDOPHORA celatocaulis (Borneo), Shingle Plant, un- 
equal sided rounded leaves, irregularly perforated or cut in 
mature stage leaves. They cling close to their support like 
shingles WALFM #856 
RHAPHIDOPHORA decursiva (Ceylon), gigantic climber with 
large pinnate leaves divided to midrib WALFM #857 
RHAPHIDOPHORA laciniosus (E. Indies) , slender but wiry vines 
with daintily cut emerald-green leaves on long. petioles; leaf 
segments set alternately WTHFM #858 
RHAPHIDOPHORA sylvestris (Java), hard succulent, narrow 
leaves, several to one cluster. The writer observed them 
growing in the jungles of Java, with the same size leaves high 
up in the trees as near the ground WTHFM #859 
RHAPIS flabelliformis (excelsa) (Japan, So. China), small fan 
palm, growing in clumps with suckering, thin stems covered 
with coarse fiber; leathery fans of 3 to 7 parted long narrow 
leaves; very durable WPHEN #860 
RHAPIS humilis (China), Miniature Fan Palm; shorter leaf 
segments in 9-20 divided fan; thin suckering stems; widely 
used in China and Japan as a durable potted palm 
WPHEN #861 
RHEKTOPHYLLUM mirabile (Cameroons), large arrow-shaped 
leaf, variegated white in form of a fern leaf WALFM #862 
RHODOSPATHA picta (Brazil) , broad elongated pointed leath- 
ery leaf dark-green with yellow shading and golden variega- 
tion WAHFM # 863 
RHODOSPATHA hastata (Trop. America), light green long nar- 
row leaves, depressed veins, on flattened petioles with kink 
at base of leaf WTHEN #864 
RHOEO discolor (Mexico), Moses in the Cradle; Pandanus-like 
habit, metallic green leaf with purple underside 
IPLBM #865 
RHOEO discolor vittata, blue-green fleshy leaf, striped length- 
wise with yellow; purple underneath WPLEM #866 
RHYNCHOSPERMUM jasminoides (China), Star Jasmine, fra- 
grant white flowers; small leathery leaves, evergreen climber 
WPLBD #867 
ROHDEA japonica marginata (Japan), durable foliage plant 
with black-green leathery strap-like leaves bordered with 
white margins. Much prized in the Orient IPLFM #868 
ROSMARINUS officinalis (Mediterranean) , Rosemary, aromatic, 
gray needle-like leaves IPLBD #869 
RUBUS reflexus pictus (Hong Kong), emerald green, pubescent 
leaves with brown center; attractive, creeper WPLFM #870 
RUELLIA makoyana (Brazil), low creeper with small oval leaves 
satiny-green with silver veins WTHEM #871 
825 827 400 826 
849 851 853 583 
16 846 845 855 
854 847 850 852 
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