. 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. 294 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. P. (P8esia) SCaberula—Pscs'-i-a ; scab-er'-ul-a (slightly rough), Richard. This exceedingly pretty, compact-growing, greenhouse species, native of New Zealand, is of such totally distinct appearance that, to the casual observer, it appears much more like a finely-cu
. 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. 294 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. P. (P8esia) SCaberula—Pscs'-i-a ; scab-er'-ul-a (slightly rough), Richard. This exceedingly pretty, compact-growing, greenhouse species, native of New Zealand, is of such totally distinct appearance that, to the casual observer, it appears much more like a finely-cut Davallia than a Pteris. The plant is provided with wide-creeping rhizomes of a wiry nature, from which its spear- shaped and finely-divided fronds, borne on somewhat rough stalks 6in. to 12in. long, are produced. These fronds are tri- or quadri- pinnatifid (three or four times divided nearly to the midrib), Ift. to IJft. long, and Gin. to 9in. broad ; their lower leaflets are cut down ^. „„ „ ^ „ . , to the rachis into numerous leafits on each Fig. 83. Pinna of Pteris scaberula a nat. size). sidc (Fig. 83), which are again cut down into oblong, toothed segments of a somewhat leathery texture and of a pleasing pale green colour. The abundant spore masses occupy, when mature, nearly the whole of the fertile segments, except the midrib.—Hooker, Species Filicum, ii., p. 174, t. 93a. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, iii., p. 244. Lowe, Ferns British and Exotic, iv., t. 10. P. SCabra—scab'-ra (rough), Bory. A stove species, which, although very distinct, is of little decorative value. Its fronds, 2ft. or more in length and 1ft. to IJft. broad, are borne on strong, upright, dark chestnut-brown, glossy stalks 1ft. to 2ft. long ; they are composed of a terminal leaflet and several pairs of lateral ones, of such a leathery texture that the specimens can scarcely be fastened down on paper. It is a native of Mauritius and Bourbon.—Hooker, Species Filicum, ii., p. 187,
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