. Cassell's popular gardening . / FERNS. 291 COOl-HOUSE SPECIES. T. alatum, from the West Indies, Columbia, andBrazil, is a handsome species -with lanceolate orovate-lamceolate, twice or thrice-cut fronds of a deli-cately membranaceous texture; it has tufted stipestwo to four inches long, the fronds measuring fromthree to twelve inches long by one to four inchesbroad. In size and amount of hairiness this variesa great deal; the larger-growing forms make verybeautiful specimen plants. T. aurieulatum has astrong, wide-creeping, hairy rhizome, and nearlysessile, twice-cut, oUve-green, firm-textur
. Cassell's popular gardening . / FERNS. 291 COOl-HOUSE SPECIES. T. alatum, from the West Indies, Columbia, andBrazil, is a handsome species -with lanceolate orovate-lamceolate, twice or thrice-cut fronds of a deli-cately membranaceous texture; it has tufted stipestwo to four inches long, the fronds measuring fromthree to twelve inches long by one to four inchesbroad. In size and amount of hairiness this variesa great deal; the larger-growing forms make verybeautiful specimen plants. T. aurieulatum has astrong, wide-creeping, hairy rhizome, and nearlysessile, twice-cut, oUve-green, firm-textured fronds,six to twelve inches in length by one and a half totwo inches in breadth; it is a native of Japan,Formosa, North Hindostan, the Philippines, Java,and Guiana. T. exaeetum, an elegant species fromSouth Chili, Chiloe, and Juan Fernandez, has awidely-creeping, slender, tomentose rhizome, andslender naked stipes one to three inches long, withfinely-cut, lanceolate, pendent, flaccid fronds of amembranaceous texture; in size
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