. 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. DAN^A. Ill the racMs (stalk of the leafy portion), are narrowly winged and densely clothed with oblong scales in front. These fronds are furnished with about fifteen pairs of leaflets, all of which, except the uppermost, are short-stalked, oblong, sometimes sickle-shaped, and unequal at the base. The fertile fronds are tal
. 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. DAN^A. Ill the racMs (stalk of the leafy portion), are narrowly winged and densely clothed with oblong scales in front. These fronds are furnished with about fifteen pairs of leaflets, all of which, except the uppermost, are short-stalked, oblong, sometimes sickle-shaped, and unequal at the base. The fertile fronds are taller, and are furnished with fewer narrow-strap-shaped leaflets, the upper surface of which is densely clothed with minute scales.—Reichenhach, Botanische Zeitimg, 1872, p. 490. Some seven or eight other species are described by Mr. Baker ; but they are known only from dried specimens in herbaria. The six above described are the only Danseas with which we are acquainted, and living specimens of which we have at different times had the opportunity of DAREA—Da-re 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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