. 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. 602 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. slightly undulated. The texture is thin and papery and the colour deep green. The broad and distant sori (spore masses) do not reach either the edge or the midrib. In some fully-developed specimens the terminal leaflet is 1ft. long, considerably sinuated (wavy) upwards and proliferous (bud- be
. 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. 602 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. slightly undulated. The texture is thin and papery and the colour deep green. The broad and distant sori (spore masses) do not reach either the edge or the midrib. In some fully-developed specimens the terminal leaflet is 1ft. long, considerably sinuated (wavy) upwards and proliferous (bud- bearing) at the extremity j the lateral leaflets are also often proliferous at the point.—Hooker, Second Century of Ferns, t. A. (Euasplenium) longissimum — Eu-as-ple'-nl-um; long-is'-sim-um (longest), Blume. This beautiful, pendulous, stove species, native of Java, Borneo, Malacca, and the Mauritius, is, of all the known Aspleniums, the one best adapted for growing in a basket of large dimensions. Its very elegant fronds (Fig. 113), 2ft. to 3ft. long and 4in. to 6in. broad, are borne on strong, blackish stalks 3in. to 12in. long and very flexible ; they are furnished on each side of the midrib with numerous pinnae (leaflets) of a somewhat leathery texture and dark green in colour. The leaflets are stalkless and have their two sides. 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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