The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . one of the most distinct in its graceful habil and \\\ theabundance of its large sweet-scented drooping lluwcrs,which are also more copiously produced, in whichrespects I know of none to compare with it. It appearsto be a small species; the pot plant exhibited by at the Royal Horticultural Society, and which Sagenia Lawrenceana, h. sp* This noble Fern—which would be called AspidiumLawrenceanum if llie character derived from the in-dusium were ignored, and Nephrodium Lawrenceanumif that d
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . one of the most distinct in its graceful habil and \\\ theabundance of its large sweet-scented drooping lluwcrs,which are also more copiously produced, in whichrespects I know of none to compare with it. It appearsto be a small species; the pot plant exhibited by at the Royal Horticultural Society, and which Sagenia Lawrenceana, h. sp* This noble Fern—which would be called AspidiumLawrenceanum if llie character derived from the in-dusium were ignored, and Nephrodium Lawrenceanumif that derived from tiic venation were but partiallyrecognised—inhabits the densu f-rests of Madagascar,where it is found in a very humid atmosphere, at anelevation of 3000 feet. It was discovered by Humblot, who has ?ent to this country livingplants, which are in the hands of Messrs. Sander iS^Co., of St. Albans, Herl^, It is by their desire thatwe have named it in compliment to Sir TrevorLawrence, liart., , as a slight acknowledgmentof the countenance and bupi)ort which he is ever. height, the fronds attaining a length of 2 feet or more,and spreading gracefully from the crown. In thespecimens belore us the fronds (wanting the stipes,which is doubtless black and globisy) are some 2 feetlong, ovate in outline, pinnate below, pinnatifid above,the apices both of the frond and of the , acu-minate. All the pinniij have an upward curve, whichrenders them more or less falcate. The lower pinnoeare about iS inches long, with the anterior basalsegment 3 inches lung, and the posterior one 7 incheslong and 2\ inches broad. The remaining lobes onthe upper side are about 2 inches long, and tolerablyuniform to the point, but those on the posterior sideshorten rapidly, the second being about 5 inches long,and the rest gradually decreasing into shallowsinuate lobes. The next pair of pinnce are about Ifoot long, falcately oblong, acuminate, i\ inchesbroad, sinuately lobed on the low
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