. 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. 214 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. length and barely Jin. in breadth; their texture is somewhat leathery and both sides are naked. The abundant- oblong sori (spore masses) are placed end to end in two long rows close to the midrib.—Hooker, Species Filicum, IV. 168, t. 272a. P. setigerum—se-tig'-er-um
. 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. 214 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. length and barely Jin. in breadth; their texture is somewhat leathery and both sides are naked. The abundant- oblong sori (spore masses) are placed end to end in two long rows close to the midrib.—Hooker, Species Filicum, IV. 168, t. 272a. P. setigerum—se-tig'-er-um (bristly), Blume. A stove species, native of Java, with entire (undivided) fronds Sin. to 12in. long and Jin. to fin. broad, borne on densely-tufted stalks 2in. to Sin. long thickly clothed with long, soft hairs of a rusty-brown colour. They are sharp-pointed at the extremity, and the lower part is narrowed rather suddenly; they are of a somewhat leathery texture and thinly clothed on both surfaces with long, soft hairs like those of the stalks. The numerous round sori (spore masses) are disposed in long rows close to the midrib.—Hooker, Species Filicum, iv., p. 171 ; Second Century of Ferns, t. 41. P. Sieberianum — Sie-ber-i-a'-num (Sieber's). This is synonymous with P. cyathecefolium. P. simplex—sim'-plex (simple, undivided). A variety of P. lineare. P. (Phymatodes) sinuosum—Phy-mat-o'-des; sin-ii-o'-sum (wavy-edged), Wallich. This small-growing, stove species, native of Malaysia, the New Hebrides, and the Solomon Islands, is very distinct through its barren and fertile fronds being totally dissimilar. The former, Sin. to 6in. long and Jin. to lin. broad, have their edge entire, whereas the fertile ones are longer and have their edge undulated. Both fronds are of a leathery texture and naked on both sides. Their large, round or oblong spore masses are situated at or near the margin of the frond, in which they are immersed. Fig. 61 is reduced from Col. Beddome's &
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