. 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. 360 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. disposed in a continuous line along both margins.—Hooker.^ Species Filicum, i., p. 221. Beddome, Ferns of British India, t. 340. L. guianensis—gai-a-nen'-sis (native of Gruiana), Dryander. A beautiful species, closely allied to L. trapeziformis; it is a native of Tropical America, from Jamaica
. 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. 360 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. disposed in a continuous line along both margins.—Hooker.^ Species Filicum, i., p. 221. Beddome, Ferns of British India, t. 340. L. guianensis—gai-a-nen'-sis (native of Gruiana), Dryander. A beautiful species, closely allied to L. trapeziformis; it is a native of Tropical America, from Jamaica southward to Rio Janeiro. The ample fronds, produced from a short-cree23ing rhizome (prostrate stem), and borne on rigid, erect stalks Gin. to 12in. long and of a polished nature, are composed of a terminal, simply-pinnate point and from one to six pairs of lateral branches. Gin. to Din. long, which sometimes are again branched. The pinnules (leafits), ^in. long and |in. broad, are not lobed, and their outer edge is bluntly rounded ; they are so closely placed as to be sometimes imbricated (overlapping). The spore masses are disposed in a continuous line, with the outer valve produced, but altered in texture. The general appearance of the whole plant partakes very much of the habit of a good- growing Davallia ; it is also very attractive on account of the lively bright green colour of its foliage.—Hooker, Species Filicum, i., p. 21G, t. G2a. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, ii., p. 280. L. (Schizoloma) heterophylla — Schiz-ol- o'-ma ; het-er-oph-yr-la (variable-leaved), Dryander. A native of the JSTeilgherries, Ceylon, Hong- Kong, and the Malayan Peninsula and Islands, with 90. Upper Portion of Frond of spear-shapecl or triangular-oblong fronds, Gin. to Lindsaya guianensis , ... it t j n ^, ^^^^.^^^ 12m. long, 6m. to bm. broad, produced from a short-creeping rhizome (prostrate stem) and borne on firm, naked, erect stalks 4in. to Sin. long. Its fronds vary from simpl
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