. 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. (Eugleichenia) circinata—Eu-giei-che'-m-a ; cir-cin-a'-ta (circinate or rolled inwards), Sicartz. This is an elegant, greenhouse species (Fig. 47), native of Anstraha, Tasmania, New Zealand, ISTcav Cale- donia, and Malacca. It is of parti- cularly slender habit, with short and narrow fronds borne on stems clothed with c
. 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. (Eugleichenia) circinata—Eu-giei-che'-m-a ; cir-cin-a'-ta (circinate or rolled inwards), Sicartz. This is an elegant, greenhouse species (Fig. 47), native of Anstraha, Tasmania, New Zealand, ISTcav Cale- donia, and Malacca. It is of parti- cularly slender habit, with short and narrow fronds borne on stems clothed with chaffy hairs of a reddish-brown colour. The lobes of their ' leaflets are ovate or nearly round, especially when fertile, more or less glaucous underneath, and have their margins slightly rolled inwards. The sori (spore masses) are disposed in cap- sules three or four together, and very abundantly produced. This species is also known as G. microphylla.— HookerSpecies F/'licum, i., p. 3, t. 2. Nicholson., Dictionary of Gardeninq, ii., p. 72. Bedclome, Ferns of British India, t. 177. Several very handsome forms, considered in com- merce as distinct species, are only varieties of G. circinata. The following are the most ornamental of those known in cultivation : G. c. g-lauca — glau'-ca (bluish-green). Identical with G. c. Mendelli. Fig. 47. Gleichenia circinata J nat. size).. Fig. 48. Gleichenia circinata Mendelli (gieatly reduced). G. c. Mendelli — Men- del'-h (Mendeirs), Moore. One of the most distinct and free-growing kinds in cultivation, diftermg from the foregoing species in being much more robust in growth and of a. 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 Schneider, George. London : L. U. Gill
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