. 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. POLYPODIUM. 139 P. fossum—fos'-sum (ditch-loving), Moore. This distinct and interesting, stove species, native of the Eastern Archipelago, is better known under the name of Pleopeltis fossa. Its pretty arching habit of growth and comparatively small size make it a very suitable object for suspending in a basket from the ro
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. 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. POLYPODIUM. 139 P. fossum—fos'-sum (ditch-loving), Moore. This distinct and interesting, stove species, native of the Eastern Archipelago, is better known under the name of Pleopeltis fossa. Its pretty arching habit of growth and comparatively small size make it a very suitable object for suspending in a basket from the roof of the stove Fernery. The fronds, about lft. long and varying from narrow-strap-shaped to egg-shaped, are produced from a short and slowly-creeping rhizome ; their edges are either toothed or lobed, with lobes varying in size according to the breadth of the frond, simple or forked, and in the broadest fronds conspicuously fan-shaped. They are of a deep green colour and of a glossy nature, and the large, roundish spore masses are sunk in deep cavities which form a line of protuberances on the upper surface.—Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, iv., p. 592. P. (Goniophlebium) fraxinifolium — Go-ni-oph-leb'-i-um ; frax-in-if- ol'-i-um (Ash-leaved), Jacquin. The habitat of this distinct, stove species, which, according to Lowe, was introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1841, extends from Columbia to Brazil and Peru. It is an easily-grown plant provided with a stout rhizome, . Fig, 43. Leaflet of Polypodium fraxinifolium (i nat. size). clothed with spreading, dark brown scales. The fronds, 2ft. to 4ft. long and lft. to ljft. broad, are borne on firm, erect, naked stalks 1ft. to 2ft. long, and are composed of numerous leaflets 4in. to 9in. long, lin. to 2in. broad, slightly notched at the edges and narrowed at the base. They are of a leathery texture, naked on both sides, and their sori (spore masses) are disposed in three more or less regular rows on each side of the mid
