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IlYPOLEPIS AMAURORACHIS.
H o o k e r . K u n z e .
I’LA T E I I .
Cheilantlics amaurorachis, K o n z e .
llijpolepis—From hypo—under, and lepis—a scale.
Dark rachis.
Amaurorachis—
A GREENHOUSE s p e c i e s .
Native of New Holland.
The fronds, which arc membranaceous and very hairy, are
ovate-acuminate, hi- or tri-pinnato-pinuatificl, being less divided
near the apex. The pinme petiolatc, the basal ones opposite.
The pinnules, primary ones decurrent and oblong-obtuse, the
secondary ones siniiato-incised.
Rachis and stipes purplish, rough, and very hirsute.
Ehizoma creeping.
Sori marginal, small, and sub-globose in form, situated in the
sinus of the lobes.
Vcinlets forked and free.
A plant easily managed, and speedily making a p re tty specimen
with ordinary care, as the fast creeping rhizoma soon spreads
itself in all directions.
For a plant my thanks are due to Messrs. Booth, of Hamb
u rg ; and for fronds to Mr. 11. Sim, of Foot’s Cray, Kent.
