Nephrolepis biserrata

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Read about Nephrolepis biserrata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Nephrolepis biserrata, Schott (N. acute, Presl. N. Bausei, Hort.). Lvs. few, 30-55 in. long, 8-12 wide, drooping, the pinnae often distant, elongate, narrow, with entire or crenulate margins, rounded in the lower half of the base, auricled in upper half, leathery. Pan-tropic. N. rufescens is a scaly form. Var. superba, usually ascribed to N. exaltata, may be a variety of N. bisserrata. It is characterized by a crested many-forked apex, and has laciniate-margined pinnae. Var. furcans has the pinnae once or more forked.


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