H YM EN O PT IT L LUM D ICHO TOMUM, CavanUles. Swartz W illie
now Booher. (Hymonophyllum plicatnm, K a n lfu s s .)-A . beautifully crisped
and transparent spec.es wntb broad, mucb.divided fronds. Native o f Cbili
. nan Fernandez, and J av a ; on mossy ti-ces. Len g th o f frond from four
H YM E N O P nY L L lTM FLA BELLATUM , ZaUllardiere, Willdenow
Booher, n o t Brown. (Hymenophyllum nitens, Brown .)~A. lovely F e rn ’
with dense, ghstenmg. pinnate fronds. Pendent from trunks o f Tree F e rn s’
otheiterees and from holes in roeks and roots of trees. Native o f Tasmania
and New Zealand. Length o f frond from six to twelve inches
h y m e n o p h y l l u m : H IE SU T UM , Swartz, Willdenow, E a d d i
Bedwtg, Booher. (Hymenophyllum venustum, Desvaux. Trichomanes
tra'nsn™’ '‘'’l^ a te small species, with narrow, pinnatifid,
tian sp aren t fe n d s , hairy. Pen d en t from trunks o f f e e s . Native o f
n r e T n e ’h ls " “ Mountains. Length o f f e n d from three to
h y m e n o p h y l l u m n u d u m (?) D e s v a u x .-K small Eern, with
erect, broad, bipinnate fronds, fringed with hairs. Native o f th e AVest
Indies. Length of f e n d f e m an inch and a h a lf to thre e inches
H Y-M EN O PH Y L LUM P L U M IE E I , Booher and Greville (Filicula
digitata, etc., P lum ie r .)-B o a -A j allied to Bymenophgllum e i l ia tu L f e n d s
c T m b “ ^ M v o o f Hispani'ola and
H YM EN O PH Y L LUM EA EUM , Brown, Booher. (Hymenophyllum
fumarroides, Bory, Kaulfuss, Kunze. H . anstrale, W i l l i l o d E s Z
AsaKo, Beoher and Greville. H . imbricatnm. Colenso.)-Smali p o n Z t
fim d s. bipmnat.fkl, d en sey matted, somewhat resembling Bymenophyllum
Tunbridgense Native of Tasmania. New Zealand, Chili. South Africa
o v X “’ng“ p i n f r ’‘” '- - t '!
H YM EN O PH Y L LUM YALYATUM, Booher and G r e v ille .-A lovely
spee.es, growing on trunks of trees, with ovate, attenuated, dark g r e L
tnpinnatifid f e n d s , heantifnlly undulated. Stalks black and wiry. Native’
1 L e sea. Lengttlh’ off 'ffr ondw fr o“m six to twelve inches. '‘to™ th
■ ™ '^® ^OM A N E S A C H IL L IE IFO L IUM , WiUdenoio. (Trichomanes
Z Z l Z T ’ mandioccanum, B a d i i. T. pyramidale
Walhch. T obsoniuim B lu m e .) -B handsome tufted Fern, with q u ad rip fe
natifid, erect, smooth fe n d s . Native of Jamaica, Dominica, Brazil P e re
Quito, Mauritius, Philippine Islands, Ceylon, etc. Length of f e u d f e n !
twelve to eighteen inches.
T E IC H OM A N E S ALATUM, Sroartz, Willdenow, Booher and Greville
A handsome tufted Fern, growing on tru n k s of f e e s , having lanceolate
deep green, subtripinnatifid fe n d s . Native o f Jamaica, St. Yinoent, Trinidad
and Hispaniola. Length o f f e n d from nine to fifteen inches.
T E IC H OM A N E S COEIACEUM (?) Kunze.—B most lovely Fern,
allied to Trichomanes hancroftii. I ts fronds, however, are larger, and
there are more involucres. Tripinnatifid and excessively crisped. A native
of tho AVest Indies, growing among moss and on trees.
T E ICH OM A N E S C E IN ITUM , Swartz, Willdenow, Hedwig, Booher.—
A lovely-fended Fern, having linear-ovate, very glaucous, thin, mcmhra-
naoeous, pinnate f e n d s , covered with white hairs. Stems very hairy.
Native of Jamaica and St. Yincent. Fronds from four to five inches in
length.
T E ICH OM A N E S BLON&ATUM, Cunningham, Booher.— A. tu fted
Fern, with very dense, triangular-ovate, dark green, rigid fronds, with
erect wiry stems. Inciso-pinnatifid. Native of New Zealand. Fronds from
six to twelve inches in length, of which more th an a h a lf is occupied by
th e stipes,
T E IC H OM A N E S F IL IC U LA , Bory, Booher. (Trichomanes bilabiatum,
Nees. T. bilingüe, Menzies. T. hipunctatum, Poiret. T. melanotrichum,
Schlechtendal. Hymenophyllum filicula, Bory. H . alatum, Schkuhr.
Didymoglossum decipiens, Desvaux. D. filicula, Desvaux.) A creeping
species, with erect, smooth, firm, dark green, bipinnatifid fronds, on winged
stalks. Native o f Mauritius, Bourbon, Ceylon, Nepal. Luzon, Otaheite,
etc. Fronds from two to five inches.
T E IC H OM A N E S F IM B E IA TUM , Bachhouse.—L very beautiful un-
described species, allied to Thichomanes Kaulfussii, b u t shorter and much
broader in its fronds; ovate, tripinnatifid; ultimate segments attenuated
into long bristle-like points. Stem erect and very broadly winged. Native
of th e AVest Indies.
T E ICH OM A N E S FLO E IBU N D UM , Booher. (Trichomanes pinnatum,
Swartz, T. rhizophyllum, Cavanilles. T. vittaria, De Candolle.)—\ noble,
and one of the most lovely Ferns of this genus, with broad, tufted, pale
gr-een, very transparent, pinnate fronds. Beautifully fringed with hair-like
receptacles, attenuated and rooting at the extremity. E re c t in habit.
Native of Orinoco, Guiana, Dominica, Barhadoes, Jamaica, Trinidad,
Guatemala, Peru, Brazil, and Surinam. Len g th o f frond f e m twelve to
twenty-four inches.
TE ICH OM A N E S FCENICULACEUM (?) Bory, Booher. (Trichomanes
meifolium, Kaulfuss. T. gemmatum, J . Smith.)— A. beautiful F ern , with
narrow, rigid, highly-divided fronds, with hair-like pinnules, and wiry stems.
N a tiv e ’of Mauritius and Borneo. Length o f frond six or seven inches,
T E ICH OM A N E S IN C ISUM , Kaulfuss, Bory, Booher.— A. pendent
creeping Fern, with very delicate, transparent, bipinnatifid, ovate fronds,
margined with star-like tufts of hair. Nativo of St. Catharine and Brazil.
Length of frond f em three to four inches.
T E ICH OM A N E S JAYANICUM, Blume, Booher and Greville. (Trichomanes
rigidum. Wallich, not of Swartz. T. setigerum, Wallich. T.
rhomboideum. J . Smith. T. cnrvatum, J . Smith. T. alatum, Bory, not