. 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. PLATYZOMA. to 12in. long and simply pinnate (only once divided to the midrib) ; these are borne on tufted, stiff, upright stalks, and are furnished with small, cucullate pinnaB (hood-shaped leaflets) of a leathery texture, scarcely t^in. long. The sori (spore masses) consist of a few stalkless capsules mixed with a substan
. 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. PLATYZOMA. to 12in. long and simply pinnate (only once divided to the midrib) ; these are borne on tufted, stiff, upright stalks, and are furnished with small, cucullate pinnaB (hood-shaped leaflets) of a leathery texture, scarcely t^in. long. The sori (spore masses) consist of a few stalkless capsules mixed with a substance of a powdery nature, which arise from the extremity of the simple veinlets, and are concealed by the singularly revolute margins of the leaflets. —-Hooker, Species Filicum, i., p. 2. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, iii., p. 159. PLECOSORUS MEXICANUS—Plec-os-o'-rus mex-ic-a'-nus. See Cheilanthes speciosissima. PLEOCNEMIA—Ple-oc-ne'-nri-a. See Nephrodium. PLEUROGRAMME—Pleur-og-ram'-me. See Monogramme. PCESIA—Pce'-si-a. See Pteris. POLYBOTRYA—Pol-yb-ot'-ry-a. See 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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