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TETCHOMANES KAULFUSSII.
H o o k e r a n d G r e v i l l e .
P L A T E L X I I I . B .
Trichomanes lucens, H o o k e e a n d G e e v i l l e , ( e x c l. u . )
T H c h o m a n e s -E m m üae Greek soft Raft. F a u f iu s s u -N am e d after
Kaulfuss, a celebrated cryptogamic botanist.
w I V erect species is from Jamaica, St. Vincent,
Jliitisli Guiana, Dominica, and St. Thomas
I t requires a very moist firm soil and a humid close
atmosphere, with a range in temperature from 65» to 85»
I h e fronds are narrow, approximate, somewhat hairy, sub-
b pinna ifid, racbis broadly winged. Segments a p p r o b a t e ,
horizontal, lanceolate, rigid, lobato-dentate; lobes brief and
blunt. Pinna; mostly opposite.
Involucres abundant, cylindrical, cup-sbaped, entirely sunk in
the segments, tbe mouth slightly spreading. Receptacles filiform
and much exserted. Stalks hairy; stipes winged; rhizoma
thick and very short.
eighteen inches. Colour dull
My thanks are offered to Messrs. Backhouse and Sou, of
York, for the frond illustrated.