Popular greenhouse botany; containing a familiar and technical description of a selection of the exotic plants introduced into the greenhouse . on-volute, concealing the masses of thecal is a very pretty species, of a graceful twiningor climbing habit, growing about four feet long; the mainrachis is wavy, and the secondary stalks curiously zigzag;these are pinnated with from three to five pinnules, and areremarkably light and airy in appearance; the fructificationis on the two sides of the pinnule. A, calomelanos is anative of rocky places at the Cape : its bright green fronds,with
Popular greenhouse botany; containing a familiar and technical description of a selection of the exotic plants introduced into the greenhouse . on-volute, concealing the masses of thecal is a very pretty species, of a graceful twiningor climbing habit, growing about four feet long; the mainrachis is wavy, and the secondary stalks curiously zigzag;these are pinnated with from three to five pinnules, and areremarkably light and airy in appearance; the fructificationis on the two sides of the pinnule. A, calomelanos is anative of rocky places at the Cape : its bright green fronds,with, black stalks, make it an elegant Fern for the green-house, where it flourishes in a cool place. A. corclatus alsorequires a cool greenhouse, though it is a native of Mexico* CHEILANTHES. Gen, Char. (Cryptogamia Filiees.) Sori dot-like, separate, mar-ginal in the recess of the indusium; indusium either reflexedcrenules of the frond, or scale-like, membranous, and arising fromthe margin, or nearly continuous, opening inwards. Named from the Greek for a lip and flower, in allusionto the lip-like form of the indusium. This is a very pretty. ScolopendxiuTn Krcbsii genus, formerly included in Pteris* The greenhouse speciesare—pteroides, rufescens, suaveolens, odor a > hirta, micro-mera, caudata, farinosa, etc.: these are from various partsof the world. The last-mentioned is an exceedingly prettyspecies, the stems being of an ebon blackness, the fronddark-green above and of a pure white beneath, caused by apowdery substance; it is pinnated, with the lower pair ofpinnae remote; the lower segments near the rachis longerthan the rest. They only require a temperate greenhouse. SCOLOPENDRIXTM. (HaktVtongue.) Gen. Char. (Cryptogamia Filices.) Thecae in elongate andstraight lines, always in pairs, the two indusia meeting betweenthem, and at first appearing but as one indusium. Little marks on the lower part of the fronds of this plantbeing somewhat like the insect calle
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