Pinna of barren Frond, under side.
S TRUTHlOrTEl i lS GERMANICA.
W il l d e n o w . J . S m i t h . F e e . K u n z e . F k e s l . L in k .
K a u l f u s s . S p k e n g e l . M o o r e a n d H o u l s t o n .
P L A T E L X I I I . V O L . I I .
Onoclea struthiopteris,
Osmunda struthiopteris,
S tru th io p teris Pennsylvaniaa,
Onoclea nodulosa.
S avaetz. S c h k u h e . H o o k e r . R o t h .
L in n æ u s . G u n n .
W i l l d e n o w . K u n z e . S m i t h . ¡Mo o e e .
S c h k u h e .
S truthiopteris—T h e Ostrich F e rn . Germa nica—G erman.
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Struthiopteris Germanica is the k ing of the h a rd y F e rn s;
easily cultivated and rapidly propagated from its long creeping
rhizoma, sometimes ru n n in g beneath the surface of the ground
for seven or eight feet, and th e re throwing out its fronds, lar
away from the p a ren t plant. T h e symmetry in th e habit ot the
p lan t, its large b a rren fronds placed in a single row around
th e caudex, so as to produce a circle, whilst its fertile fronds,
which are singular in form, rise up in the cen tre ; these, added
to its easy culture and perfect hardihood, must claim for it a
place in every out-door Fe rn e ry .
In tro d u c ed into this country in the year 1T60.
A ha rd y deciduous species.
Na tiv e of Germany and N o rth America.
N e a rly every authority considers the S. Germanica as a
distinct species; th a t is, distinct from S. Fennsylcanica, n ev e rtheless
th ey so nearly approach each other in the form of the
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