. The book of choice ferns for the garden, conservatory. and stove : describing and giving explicit cultural directions for the best and most striking ferns and selaginellas in cultivation. Illustrated with coloured plates amd numerous wood engravings. Identification; Ferns. 6 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. O. C. Sibbaldi—Sib-bald'-i (Sibbald's), Grevilte. A variety with thinner foliage, of a more hairy nature than in the species, and with sori (spore masses) disposed in very irregular lines not so near the midrib. This form, gathered in Tahiti by Sibbald and Bid well, probably occurs also in Tropi
. The book of choice ferns for the garden, conservatory. and stove : describing and giving explicit cultural directions for the best and most striking ferns and selaginellas in cultivation. Illustrated with coloured plates amd numerous wood engravings. Identification; Ferns. 6 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. O. C. Sibbaldi—Sib-bald'-i (Sibbald's), Grevilte. A variety with thinner foliage, of a more hairy nature than in the species, and with sori (spore masses) disposed in very irregular lines not so near the midrib. This form, gathered in Tahiti by Sibbald and Bid well, probably occurs also in Tropical Australia, as there are specimens of it amongst Leichhardt's plants.—Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 303. O. hirtella—hir-tel'-la (slightly hairy). A form of 0. neriiformis. O. Moritzii—Mor-itz'-i-i (Moritz's). This is only a variety of 0. muscefolia. 0. musaefolia — mu - sas - foF-1 - a (Musa-leaved), Kunze. A very pretty and distinct, stove species, native of Ceylon and the Malayan Islands. It is a plant of dwarf, compact habit, and is best adapted for growing on mounds of peat. As in 0. articulata and 0. Cumingii, the stalks, Jin. to lin. long, are jointed near the base, but the shoots are different in texture, being of a more woody nature than those of any other dwarf-growing kind, wide-climbing, and clothed with adpressed scales, curving upwards to where they bear their fronds, singly or in tufts of from two to five, and then downwards. The fronds, of a somewhat leathery texture, 6in. to 12in. long and lin. to l^in. broad, are gradually narrowed towards both ends, and naked or slightly hairy on their midrib. The very prominent sori (spore masses) are disposed in two irregular rows, one on each side of and near the midrib. The whole plant is of a fine, dark green colour.—Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 302. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, ii., p. Fig. 7. Oleandra Cumingii longipes (J nat. size).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned p
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