. 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 and numerous wood engravings, specially prepared for this work . Ferns; Ferns. PLATYZOMA. 83 to 12in. long and simply pinnate (only once divided to the midrib) ; these are borne on tufted, stiff, upright stalks, and are furnished with small, cucuUate pinnae (hood-shaped leaflets) of a leathery texture, scarcely j^^in. long. The sori (spore masses) consist of a few stalkles
. 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 and numerous wood engravings, specially prepared for this work . Ferns; Ferns. PLATYZOMA. 83 to 12in. long and simply pinnate (only once divided to the midrib) ; these are borne on tufted, stiff, upright stalks, and are furnished with small, cucuUate pinnae (hood-shaped leaflets) of a leathery texture, scarcely j^^in. long. The sori (spore masses) consist of a few stalkless capsules mixed with a substance of a powdery nature, which arise from the extremity of the simple veinlets, and are concealed by the singularly revolute margins of the leaflets. —Hooker, Species Filicum., i., p. 2. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, iii., p. 159. PLECOSORUS MEXICANUS—Plec-os-o'-rus mex-ic-a-nus. See Cheilanthes speciosissima. PLEOCNEMIA—Ple-oc-ne'-mi-a. See Nephrodium. PLEUROGRAMME—Pleur-og-ram'-me. See Monogramme. PCESIA—Poe'-si-a. See Pteris. POLYBOTRYA—Pol-yb-ot'-ry-a. See G 2. 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 : Gill
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