Ferns: British and exotic, Volume 2

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Page 109 - Orizaba, at an elevation of from nine to ten thousand feet, growing in oak and fir woods. Leibmann found it in the woods over Chinantha, between seven and eight hundred feet high, principally growing upon the oak trees. A very characteristic fact which authors do not speak of, and which is especially of importance in relation to this species, is the rhizoma.
Page 132 - Sori prominent, uniserial, submarginal, oblong, or oval, and formed on the upper two-thirds of the frond, extending nearly to the apex; about forty pairs; colour a brownish orange, and raising umbones on the upper side of the frond. Length from twenty to twenty-two inches; colour a bright shining green. Rhizoma creeping. This species has more the looks of a Scolopendrium than of a Polypodium.
Page 123 - It is a valuable addition to our stove Ferns. At present it is not however to be procured from our Nurserymen. My thanks are due to Mr. J. Smith, Curator of the Royal Gardens, Kew, for a frond of this Fern. It is not in any of the Nurserymen's lists. The illustration is from Mr.

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