ÏBICHOMANES EXSECTÜM.
K u n z e . H o o k e r .
P LA T E L X IV .— A.
Trichomanes—From th e Greek, soft hair. Exsectum—Cut out.
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A MOST lovely creeping Fern , hanging pendent from the
roofs of damp caverns.
Native of Juan Fernandez and Southern Chili.
The fronds are extremely delicate and membranaceous, and
resemble thin, flat, much branched, green sea-weed; flaccid,
oblong-pinnate, tbe pinnæ being bipinnatifid; segments narrow,
linear, smooth, and simple or bifid obtuse. Stalks slender and
wiry.
Involucres oblong, buried in tbe frond; mouth spreading,
almost two-lipped.
Racbis and stipes winged above, naked below.
Caudex creeping.
Length of frond from four to fourteen inches, width sometimes
six inches; vivid green in colour.
Cultivation. A very humid rather close atmosphere, witb a
temperature ranging from 40° to 65°.
To Messrs. Backhouse and Son, Nurserymen, York, I am
indebted for the frond illustrated.
