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TRICHOMANES ATTENUATUM.
H o o k e r .
P L A T E L X V I .
Triclwrna-nes—Em m tlie Greek, soft liair. r«fe»Kiiía»í—Attenuated.
An elegant Fern , growing on the trunks of trees. Very
distinct.
Native of Jamaica, Dominica, and St. Vincent.
Somewhat resembling Trichomanes alatum and T. K a ulfussii,
b u t smaller.
Tbe fronds, wbich are erect, translucent, and tufted, are
ovate-lanceolate in shape, acuminate, and pinnatifid almost to
tbe rachis; segments spreading, linear-lanceolate, attenuated and
pinnatifid, membranaceous, flaccid, and shining.
Stipes densely hairy; racbis narrowly winged.
Involucres cuneate and cup-shaped, quite buried in tbe
segment of the frond; the mouth wide-spreading and two-lipped.
Receptacles much exserted.
Length of frond from four to six inches. Colour pale green.
H ab it gracefully drooping.
Readily cultivated in a very moist close atmosphere, in a
temperature ranging between 55° and 80°.
My thanks are due to Mr. J . Smith, of tbe Royal Gardens,
Kew, and to Mr. James Backhouse, of York, for tbe fronds
for illustration.