TRICHOMANES ANGUSTATUM.
C a rm i c h a e l . H o o k e r a n d G r e v i l l e . (iV b i 0/ J . S m i t h . )
P L A T E L X V I I .— A.
Trichomanes fu lvum , K l o t z s c h .
S p e e n g e l .
I Trichomanes—Erom the Greek, soft hair. A n g n s ta tu m S a m s i .
A VE R Y s l e n d e r , d e l i c a t e , c r e e p i n g s t o v e s p e c i e s .
Native of Tristran d ’ Acunha, Brazil, Esmeraldas, E l Equador,
richinolia, P e ru , and Gonga Sakoo.
Caudex creeping, slender, and matted. Fronds pinnate,
lanceolate in form, very flaccid, and graceful; the pinnæ
bipinnatifid; segments very narrow, smooth, simple or bifid.
Eacbis and stipes slender, filiform, terete, naked, and bair-like.
Fronds from three to five inches in length.
Involucres urceolato-cylindrical, and sunk in tbe frond; tbe
mouth spreading and obscurely two-lipped.
Requires a very humid close atmosphere, with a temperature
ranging from 60° to 80°.
My thanks are due to Mr. J. Smith, of tbe Royal Gardens,
Kew, for fronds.
