. 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. 452 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. M. serratum—ser-ra'-tum (saw-toothed), Cavanilles. This very decorative species is a native of Mexico, the West Indies, Brazil, and Peru. It is also called M. paJustre, and appears to be somewhat related to M. reticulatum, as its simply-pinnate (once-divided) fronds are of similar size (3ft. t
. 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. 452 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. M. serratum—ser-ra'-tum (saw-toothed), Cavanilles. This very decorative species is a native of Mexico, the West Indies, Brazil, and Peru. It is also called M. paJustre, and appears to be somewhat related to M. reticulatum, as its simply-pinnate (once-divided) fronds are of similar size (3ft. to 4ft. long and Ift. or more broad), and borne on stout, glossy, brownish stalks 1ft. to 3ft. long. The leaflets, of a somewhat leathery texture, oblong-spear-shaped, with a heart-shaped base, and sharp- pointed at the extremity, are loosely set lin. to 3in. apart; they are 6in. to 12in. long, lin. to 2in. broad, finely toothed on the margin, very dark glossy green on the upper surface, and paler below, where the most beautiful venation, the principal attraction in the plant, is shown by alternate lines of very conspicuous ridges and furrows. The sori (spore masses) are disposed twelve to twenty between the midrib and the edge,— Hooker, Species Filicum, v., p. 165. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, ii., p. 352. Lowe, Ferns British and Exotic, ii., t. 45. M. simplex — sim'-plex (simple, undi^dded). Hooker. This charming, miniature species, Fig. 112. Meniscium simplex which Kunze considers as a simple form of M. triphyllum, is a native of Chusan, Hong-Kong, and Formosa. It is as totally ditFerent in habit and in general aspect as it is in size from any other species belonging to the genus. The barren and fertile fronds are similar in shape but entirely distinct: both are produced from a wide-creeping rhizome (prostrate stem) of a firm nature, and borne on slightly pubescent stalks 1ft. or more in length in the case of the fertile fronds, but only 4in. to 6in. long in the
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