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Title: Ferns: British and exotic..
Year: 1856 (1850s)
Authors: Lowe, E. J. (Edward Joseph), 1825-1900
Subjects: Ferns
Publisher: London, Groombridge and Sons
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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IITM PERCUSSUM. the soil, or they are very apt to decay, consequently manyplants are lost through improper planting. An evergreen stove Fern. Native of Brazil, Tropical and South America, Surinam, St.Catharine, and Peru. Introduced into the Koyal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1842,having been received from Mr. Henderson. Fronds nearly erect, simple, lanceolate-acuminate in form,cuspidate, coriaceous; base attenuated, the surface covered every-where with small peltate, fimbriate scales. Lateral, articulatedon a scaly, creeping, thin rhizoma. Length of frond from six to twelve inches; breadth one inchand a half; colour bright green and shining, paler beneath. Sori large and bold, uniserial, situated in dense compact tuftsof narrow scales. I am indebted to Mr. R. Sim, of Foots Cray, for a plantand fronds of this Fern. It is in the Catalogues of Mr. E,. Sim, of Foots Cray; Mr.J. Veitch, Jun., of Chelsea; and Mr, Kennedy, of Covent Garden. The illustration is from a plant in my own collection.
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