. 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. PELL^A. 63 P. i. serratifolia—ser-ra-tif-ol'-i-a (having saw-edged leaves), Hooker. In this variety, which is also known under the name of Pteris fallax, and which partakes of the same habit and dimensions as the species, the pinnules (leafits) are distinctly toothed.—Hooker, Second Century of F
. 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. PELL^A. 63 P. i. serratifolia—ser-ra-tif-ol'-i-a (having saw-edged leaves), Hooker. In this variety, which is also known under the name of Pteris fallax, and which partakes of the same habit and dimensions as the species, the pinnules (leafits) are distinctly toothed.—Hooker, Second Century of Ferns, t. 72. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, iii., p. 67. P. (AUosorus) involuta—AU-os-o'-rus ; in-vol-u'-ta (wrapped up, rolled inward), Baker. This greenhouse species, of small dimensions, is a native of Zanzibar and Cape Colony. Its oblong-spear-shaped fronds, Sin. to 4in. long, lin. to IJin. broad, and three times divided nearly to the midrib, are borne on tufted, wiry, erect, blackish stalks 2in. to Sin. long and more or less scaly throughout. The lower leaflets are opposite, broadly triangular, and cut down into several broadly-triangular leafits, the upper of which are divided into three lobes, while the lower are cut down to the rachis below. The fronds are of a leathery texture, pale green and smooth on both surfaces, and the sori (spore masses), disposed in a continuous, marginal line, are covered by a distinct, pale, thin, transparent involucre. — Hooker, Species Filicum, ii., p. 108. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, lu., p. Ql. P. (AUosorus) longimuoronata—AU-os-o'-rus long-im-u-cro-na'-ta (long-pointed). This synonymous with P. is Fii. 23. Leaflet of Pellsea intramarginalis (nat. size). P. (AUosorus) marginata — AU-os-o'-rus ; mar-gin-a'-ta (edged). Baker. A stove species, of medium size, native of Tropical America, from Mexico and Jamaica southward to Peru and the Argentine Territory. Its somewhat triangular fi-onds, 4in. to Sin. lon
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