. 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. CHAPTER II. OLEANDRA, Cavanilles. (Ol-c-an'-dra.) HE meaning of the name Oleandra is obscure ; but it is said to be derived from the Oleander (Nerium Oleander), which plant 0. neriiformis is thought to resemble. In Hooker and Baker's "Synopsis Filicum" Oleandra forms Genus 46. It is a small, though extremely inte
. 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. CHAPTER II. OLEANDRA, Cavanilles. (Ol-c-an'-dra.) HE meaning of the name Oleandra is obscure ; but it is said to be derived from the Oleander (Nerium Oleander), which plant 0. neriiformis is thought to resemble. In Hooker and Baker's "Synopsis Filicum" Oleandra forms Genus 46. It is a small, though extremely interesting division of the very extensive tribe Asjridiece, and the species are almost restricted to the Tropics. Botanically, they are closely related to Nephrodium, from which they are principally distinguished by the peculiar scandent (climbing) habit of their wide-creeping rhizomes, by their jointed stalks, and by the entire (undivided) character of their fronds, which are more or less spear-shaped. The round and conspicuous sori (spore masses) are inserted in a row near the base, or below the centre, of the compact, free veinlets, and are covered by a reniform (kidney-shaped) involucre. Although Fee, in his " Genres de la Famille des Polypodiacees," enumerates no less than a dozen species, these have, by Hooker and Baker, been reduced to half that number. Culture. Although not an extensive genus, Oleandra embraces some of the most interesting trailing Ferns in cultivation. 0. neriiformis, a plant much more like an Oleander than a Fern, is, however, an exception ; it grows somewhat in the way of Gleichenia flabellata, but has thicker and more fleshy, erect b 2. 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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