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its petioles are lustrous and dark purple. The petioles without<br />

leaflets are used to make brooms.<br />

981. Adianthum monochlamys, Eat., Jap. Hakones/iiddf,<br />

Hakone-sQy Oranda-so ; an evergreen fern growing on steep<br />

rocks of deep mountain-valleys. The leaves are about 1 ft. long.<br />

The petioles and stalks are lustrous and purplish black. The<br />

leaflets resemble a duck- foot.<br />

982. PteriS serrulata, L., Jap. Inomotoso, Tori-no-ashi ,<br />

KeisokusQ ; an evergreen fern growing in shady places. The<br />

leaves are about 1 ft.<br />

long, growing<br />

spores grow underneath the leaf-margin.<br />

Q-inomotosQ.<br />

in tufts. In summer the<br />

A large variety is called<br />

983- Pteris cretica, L., var. alba-lineata, Jap. Matsus&ka-shida,<br />

Okiua-shida ; a variety of the preceding<br />

stripes in the centre of the leaves.<br />

with white<br />

984. Asplenium nidus, L., Jap. Taniwatari^ Q-tani-<br />

of warm<br />

zvatari ; an evergreen fern, growing in shady places<br />

regions. The leaves are broad and large without segments. Its<br />

large leaves are about 3 fts. long.<br />

985. Scolopendrium vulgare, Sm., Jap. Ko-taniwatari,<br />

Taka-no-ha ; an evergreen fern growing<br />

in mountains.<br />

It resembles the preceding, but small. The leaves are provided<br />

with petioles about 1J fts. long, bearing the spores as in the<br />

preceding.<br />

986. Lomaria nipponica, Kunse, Jap. Shiskigashira,<br />

Knsa-sotetsu ; an evergreen fern growing in valleys with many<br />

leaves in cluster, expanding horizontally. The leaves grow pinnately<br />

on both sides of the petiole like comb- teeth, and are about<br />

] ft.<br />

long, generally coiling at the tips. 'Die spore-bearing fronds<br />

grow separately.<br />

987. Camptosorus sibiricus, Ruper., Jap. Kumanosushida<br />

; an evergreen fern growing on mountain-rooks. The<br />

single

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