. Ferns: British & foreign. The history, organography, classification, and enumeration of the species of garden ferns with a treatise on their cultivation, etc. etc. Ferns. 118 PERNS: BRITISH ANH POREIGIT, 43. GYMNOPTERIS, Bm^ih.; Presl. Vernation nniserial and sarmentose, or contiguous sub- fasciculate and decumbent. Fronds simple^ lobed or pinnate;. Genas 43.—Portion of sterile frond, under side. No. 9, from 6 inches to 2-3 feet higb. Prvmary veins costseform; venules compound anastomosing, with free variously directed veinlets terminating in the areoles. Sporangia amorphous. 1. G. querc
. Ferns: British & foreign. The history, organography, classification, and enumeration of the species of garden ferns with a treatise on their cultivation, etc. etc. Ferns. 118 PERNS: BRITISH ANH POREIGIT, 43. GYMNOPTERIS, Bm^ih.; Presl. Vernation nniserial and sarmentose, or contiguous sub- fasciculate and decumbent. Fronds simple^ lobed or pinnate;. Genas 43.—Portion of sterile frond, under side. No. 9, from 6 inches to 2-3 feet higb. Prvmary veins costseform; venules compound anastomosing, with free variously directed veinlets terminating in the areoles. Sporangia amorphous. 1. G. quercifolia, Bemh.; Presl; Hook. Ic. PI. t. 905; HooTc. Fil. Tjxot. t. 80. Acrostichum queroifolinm, Retz.; 8w.; ScKk. Fil. t. 3. Gymnopteris Nicnerii, Hort.—Ceylon. 2. Cr. nicotiansefolia, Presl; Fee, Acrost. t. 46. Acrostichum 'nicotianssfolium, 8w.; HooJe. Gcwd. Ferns, i. 26.— West Indies. 3. G. acuminata, Presl. Acrostichum acuminatum, Willi.; {Fhim. Fil. ).—West Indies. 4. G. aliena, Presl; EooTe. Gen. Fil. t. 85. Acrostichum alienum, Sw. ; Pl/wm. Fil. —Tropical America. 5. G. Gaboonense, J. 8m. Acrostichum (Gymnopteris) Gaboonense, Hook. 8p. Fil. 6, p. 270.—^Tropical West 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 Smith, John, 1798-1888. London, Hardwicke
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