. 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. 576 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. in the forest on dry cliffs in cracks, or on dry, hard, clay earth in woods. Leibmann found it at Tepitongo, in the department of Oajaca, at an altitude of 5000ft. ; also at Mirador, at Trapiche de la Concepcion, in the same depart- ment, at 3000ft. elevation, as well as in Potrero de Consoqui
. 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. 576 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. in the forest on dry cliffs in cracks, or on dry, hard, clay earth in woods. Leibmann found it at Tepitongo, in the department of Oajaca, at an altitude of 5000ft. ; also at Mirador, at Trapiche de la Concepcion, in the same depart- ment, at 3000ft. elevation, as well as in Potrero de Consoquitla, where it was growing at an altitude of 2500ft. Its lovely fronds, which are produced abundantly from a very short, upright stem, are of a papery texture and. Fig. 103. Asplenium formosum (\ uat. size). of a particularly light green colour ; they are borne on very short, tufted, polished stalks, of a chestnut-brown colour, and measure from 1ft. to If ft. in length and about lin. in breadth. The fronds are furnished with from twenty to thirty pairs of horizontal, sessile pinnse (stalkless leaflets) |in. long, deeply divided almost to the midrib on their upper edge, while their lower edge is cuneate (wedge-shaped) and forms a straight line. The short, narrow- oblong sori (spore masses) are disposed from one to four on each side of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Schneider, George. London : L. U. Gill
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