. 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. G YMNO GRA MME. 257 G. j. tessellata—tes-sel-la-ta (tessellated), Williams. A pretty and totally distinct variety, ditFering from the species through its foliage being of a much thinner texture than in the type, and of a mottled yellowish tint, produced by the transparency of the veins, which are reticulated and beautifull
. 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. G YMNO GRA MME. 257 G. j. tessellata—tes-sel-la-ta (tessellated), Williams. A pretty and totally distinct variety, ditFering from the species through its foliage being of a much thinner texture than in the type, and of a mottled yellowish tint, produced by the transparency of the veins, which are reticulated and beautifully shown when the plant is fertile. G. (Eugymnogramme) javanica—Eu-gym-nog-ram'-me ; ja-van'-ic-a (Javanese), Blume. This stove species, native of the Sandwich, Fiji, and Malayan Islands, also of Japan and Northern India, where it grows at an altitude of 8000ft., is, in general appearance, very similar to the foregoing species ; but, besides being of a more elegant habit, it is also of much larger dimensions, for its fronds, which, like those of G. japonica, are pinnate or bipinnate, and produced from a thiclc, underground, creeping- rhizome (stem), are 1ft. to 4ft. long, and borne on stalks of similar length and of a flexible nature. The leaflets, oblong-spear-shaped, 3in. to 12in. long, and lin. to 3in. broad, are sessile (stalkless) or slightly stalked (Fig. 63), acuminate (terminating in a sharp point) at the apex, and with their edge sometimes smooth, sometimes finely toothed ; they are of a firm, papery texture, and glossy on both sides, though sometimes slightly hairy underneath. The sori (spore masses) are disposed on the veins and run along all of them, but stop a space short of the edge.—Hooker, Species Filicum, v., p. 145. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, ii., p. 105. Beddome, Ferns of British India, t. 57. VOL. II. s. Fi^. 63. Gymnogramme Javanica (much reduced).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digital
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