. 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. OLEANDRA. texture ; they are 6in. to 12in. long, IJin. to 2jin. broad, sligMy wavy, and pointed at their summit. The stalks, 2in. to 6in. long and often blackish, are jointed not far from the base. The abundant and conspicuous sori (spore masses) are scattered, but placed nearly all in the inner
. 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. OLEANDRA. texture ; they are 6in. to 12in. long, IJin. to 2jin. broad, sligMy wavy, and pointed at their summit. The stalks, 2in. to 6in. long and often blackish, are jointed not far from the base. The abundant and conspicuous sori (spore masses) are scattered, but placed nearly all in the inner half of the frond.— Hooker, Species Filicum, iv., p. 157. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, ii., p. 481. Lowe, Ferns British and Exotic, vii., t. 17. O. Sibbaldi—Sib-bald'-i (Sibbald's). A variety of 0. Cumingii. \. t ^ -Wal-hch'-i-i (Wal- O. Wallichii lich's). Hooker. According to Beddome, this tho- roughly distinct and somewhat scarce species is indigenous in Northern India, from Simla and Kumaon in the West to Bhotan .in the East, also in Assam and Khasya, where it is reported at 7000ft. elevation. Although of the same habit as the other species, it differs in general aspect from all of them. Its most distinctive character resides in the margins of its fronds, which are furnished with numerous short hairs along all their length (Fig. 3 is reduced from Col. Beddome's " Ferns of British India," by the kind permission of the author). These fronds, 6in. to 12in. long and fin. to l^in. broad, are abundantly produced from branched, horizontally-trailing shoots, which are densely clothed with spreading scales of a rusty-brown colour. They are usually of a dull green colour, disposed about 2in. apart, and. Fig. 3, Oleandra Wallichii (^ nat. size).. 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
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