The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . iiogramme—cofiiaiued. G. elegantissima (most elegant). See Fig. 430. A synonymof G. decomposita. G. elliptica (elliptic), rhiz. wide-creeping, woody, sti, naked,1ft. or more in length, fronds soft, 1ft. to lAft. long, 6in. to9in. broad, cut down nearly to the rachis in the upper, andquite in the lower, part into four to six narrow-oblong orelliptic piimaj on each side, sori narrow, oblique, reactiingthe midrib but not the edge. Himalayas, Queensland, &c.
The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . iiogramme—cofiiaiued. G. elegantissima (most elegant). See Fig. 430. A synonymof G. decomposita. G. elliptica (elliptic), rhiz. wide-creeping, woody, sti, naked,1ft. or more in length, fronds soft, 1ft. to lAft. long, 6in. to9in. broad, cut down nearly to the rachis in the upper, andquite in the lower, part into four to six narrow-oblong orelliptic piimaj on each side, sori narrow, oblique, reactiingthe midrib but not the edge. Himalayas, Queensland, & Syns. G. decurrens, Selliguea elliptica. G. F6ei (Fees), rhiz. wide-creeping, furnished with very brightbrown scales, fronds dimorphous; barren ones Sin. to 4in. long,l^in. to 2in. broad, oblong-ovate, borne on stipes lin. to ; fertile ones a little longer and narrower, and withshorter stipes; both entire, acute, coriaceous, conspicuouslyveined and smooth on both sides. soH narrow-oblong, insingle rows between the main veins, not reaching either themidrib or the edge. Malaya. See Fig. 431. Syn. Selliguea fiVMNOGRAMME ELEGANTISSIMA. G. chrysophylla (golden-leaved). A variety of G. caloinehm G. cordata (heart-shaped).* sti. glossy, black, lin. to 2in. lung,SL-aly. fronds somewhat ovate, 3in. to 6in. long, l^in. to , bipinnatitid; pinnfe oblong ; lobes nearly round, deeplytoothed, somewhat coriaceous, naked above, densely coateilbelow with rusty-brown scales, sori at first linear, eventuallyeonfluent and covering the gieater part of the pinn?e. CapeColony, Bourbon Island, Ac, 1838. See Fig. 429. G, decurrens (running down). A synonym of G. elliptica. G. diplazioides (Diplazium-like). sti. 5in. to 4in. long, scalybelow, fronds soft, l^ft. to 2ft. long, bipinnatifid; centralpinnte 3in. to 4in. long, 3in. to lin. broad, cut down about two-thirds of the way into blunt, entire lobes, the lower ones era-dually reduced, son oblong, often reachin
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