The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . y be readily propagated. See Fig. 98. A. compressuxn. This thick, fleshy-looking Fern is differentin appearance from any otlier known Asplenium (a frond and adetaclied pinna are shown in Fig. 99). It is known in Conti-nental gardens as -1. /(vcundtim. A- conchatum (shell-like), sti. stout, erect, 2ft. or more inlemith. fronds 5ft. to 4ft. long, 1ft. to lUt. broad ; lower pinmelancfidate, 9in. to 12in. long, 21n. to Sin. broad; pinnulesnumerous, lanceolat
The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . y be readily propagated. See Fig. 98. A. compressuxn. This thick, fleshy-looking Fern is differentin appearance from any otlier known Asplenium (a frond and adetaclied pinna are shown in Fig. 99). It is known in Conti-nental gardens as -1. /(vcundtim. A- conchatum (shell-like), sti. stout, erect, 2ft. or more inlemith. fronds 5ft. to 4ft. long, 1ft. to lUt. broad ; lower pinmelancfidate, 9in. to 12in. long, 21n. to Sin. broad; pinnulesnumerous, lanceolate, cut down to a winged vachis into linear-oblong, spreading segments, sort short, oblong, in two obliquerows near the midrib. West Indies. Stove. Syn. Athyriumconchatum. A. cordlfolium (cordate-fronded). sti. firm, erect, 6in. to 12inlong, scaly below, fronds coriaceous, of an extraordinary shape, 1900 Supplement—Recent Introductions, &c. 99 Asplenium—continued. being entire, cordate at base, and long-acuminate at apex, sonextending from the midrib to the edge. Philippine and MalayIslands. ^Stovo. Syn. Ani^ Fi«. 99. Frond and Pinna op Asplenium compuessum. A. COStale (costal). sti. 1ft. or more in length, tufted, stout,erect, fronds large, the apexpinnatilid. the lower part copiouslypinnate; pinnse often 1ft. long, 3in. broad, cut down half or
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