i
Swartz.)—A line, distinct, tufted Forn, with erect, smooth, shining, dark
green, pinnate fronds, with hairy stalks. Length from eight to twelve
inches.
^ T E IC H OM A N E S LUSCHNATIANÜM, P r c s l.-A . handsome climbing
Fern, allied to Trichomanes radicans, b u t is sessile, the fronds lanceolate,
and having a very long and slender creeping caudex, (as much as fifteen
feet.) Native o f Brazil. Length o f frond eighteen inches.
T E ICH OM A N E S MEMBEANACEUM, Lirmoeus, Swartz, Willdenow,
Hooker. (Fihx hemionitis, Plu.henet.)— A r e 'c j distinct, interesting, creeping
F em , having most delicate, elegant, entire, roundish, nearly stemless, deep
green, glossy fronds, to rn on th e margin, and with fan-like veins. Native
o f the AYest Indian Islands, growing on trunks of trees. Length o f frond
from two to thre e inches.
TE ICH OM A I^E S PUNCTATUM, Poiret, Kaulfuss, Hoolcer and
Greville. (Trichomanes sphenoides, Kunze.)— Very small fronds. Smaller
th an Muscoides, with roundish obovate, hlimtly incised fronds, with fau-
like veins. Native of Martinique, Guadaloupe, Trinidad, Gorgona, Peru,
and Guiana.
IR ICH O jM A N E S E.EPTANS, Siuartz, Willdenow, Hedwig, Hooker and
Greville. (Trichomanes hymenodes, Hedwig. Phyllitis scandens, Sloane.)
—A very minute Fern, creeping on palms, etc., with roundish incised
fronds, with fan-shaped veins. Native of Jamaica, St. Yincent, and Cuba.
Length of frond about an inch.
TE IC H OM A N E S EH OM B O ID EUM , C um in g .-A remarkable species,
with narrow pinnate fronds. Allied to Trichomanes Javaniciim. Native of
Philippine Islands. Length o f frond nine to twelve inches.
T E IC H OM A N E S ET JPE ST E E , Paclchov.se.—A new species, forming
tufts o f broadly-ovate, dense, ra th e r undulate, pinnate fronds, on round
hairy stalks. Native o f Borneo, growing on bare wet rocks.
T E IC H OM A N E S S E T IG E EUM , B m h h o v s e .-A new, nndescribed
beautiful species, allied to Trichomanes pluma, b u t larger. Fronds tufted
and curving. The, ultimate divisions o f th e pinnæ hair-like, giving a
hrnsh-like appearance to th e fronds. Native o f Borneo, where it grows iu
crevices o f rocks.
T E IC H OM A N E S SHPE EBHM , B a e k h o u s e .-A n undescribed noble
species, with dense, triangular, tripinnatifid fronds, on erect, broadly-
winged, and very hairy stalks. Native o f Borneo. F ro n d s from two to
three feet iu length.
TR ICH OM A N E S T H U JO ID E S , Desvaux, Hooker.—A handsome tufted
F ern , with ovate, attenuated, tripiunatifid fronds, on erect stalks. Native
of th e Mauritius. L ength of frond from nine to eighteen inches.
LIST OF COXTRIBÜTORS,
To whom the author returns his warmest thanks.
Messrs. Backhouse, Nursery, A'ork.
Messrs. Booth, Nursery, Hamburg.
Mr. A. Clapham, Scarborough.
Mr. F . Clowes, Windermere.
Mr. E . Cooling, Mile Ash Nursery,
Derby.
Mr. T. Downes, Hillsboro’ Terrace,
Ilfracombe.
Mr. R. J . Gray, St. Thomas’, Exeter.
Sir W. J . Hooker, F.R.S., Director
of th e Royal Gardens, Kew.
Mr. Joseph Henderson, "Wentworth
House, Masbro’.
Mr. J . James, Vauvert, Chaimel
Islands.
Mr. Thomas Moore, F .L.S ., Botanic
Gardens, Chelsea.
Mr. G. Norman, Hull.
Mr. Charles Monkman, Malton,
Yorkshire.
Mr. Henry S. Perry, Rock Lodge,
Monkstown, Coimty Cork.
Mr. Pass, gardener to Mr. Brocklehurst,
The Fence, Macclesfield.
Messrs. Rollisson and Co., Nursery,
Tooting.
M. Schott, Director of the Imperial
Gardens of Schonbriinn, Vienna.
Mr. J . Smith, Curator of Royal
Gardens, Kew.
Mr. R. Sim, Foot’s Cray Nursery,
Kent.
Messrs. Stansfield and Co., Vale
Nursery, Todmorden.
iMessrs. James Veitch and Son,
Exotic Nursery, Chelsea. ^