. 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. HEMIONITIS. 283 an underground, creeping rhizome (stem), are of two kinds. The barren ones, 2in. to Sin. each way, heart-shaped, bluntish at the point, and with rounded basal lobes and a deep notch between them, are borne on dark chestnut-brown, glossy stalks Sin. to 4in. long. The fertile fronds have their lobes much shar
. 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. HEMIONITIS. 283 an underground, creeping rhizome (stem), are of two kinds. The barren ones, 2in. to Sin. each way, heart-shaped, bluntish at the point, and with rounded basal lobes and a deep notch between them, are borne on dark chestnut-brown, glossy stalks Sin. to 4in. long. The fertile fronds have their lobes much sharper, the whole leafy portion being nearly triangular ; these are borne on stalks similar to those of the barren fronds, but often 1ft. long. Both kinds are of a somewhat leathery texture, smooth and dark green on the upper surface, whereas their under-side, which is slightly hairy and of a paler colour, is completely covered with sori (spore masses) that are narrow at first but even- tually become confluent. The barren fronds are proliferous at their base, where one or several little bulbils are pro- duced, and by means of these this species can easily be propagated.—Hooker^ Species ,]). 192. Nicholson^ Dictionary of Gardening, ii., p. 135. Loive, Ferns British and Exotic, vii., t. 38. Bed- dome, Ferns of Southern India, t. 53. H. Griffithii—Grif-tith'-i-i (Griffith's), [looker and Thomson. A stove species, native of Khasya and Formosa, with fronds 1ft. or more long. Gin. to Din. broad, and borne on stalks Sin. to 12in. long, woolly throughout, and scaly towards the base. The fronds are usually pinnate. Fig, 74, Hemionitis cordata (i nat. size).. 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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