i r
Portion of mature Frond, under side.
. \D1ANTUM WILSONI.
liOOKEll. îiIOOKE AND IIOL'LSTON.
I 'LATE XVI . v o l . . H I .
I lew a i'd ia \ll.fso7it, S m i t h .? F e e .
A dia ntum—D ry. Wilsoni—Wilson’s.
A SINGULAR and delicate F e rn , discovered in dry, shady,
gravelly places in Jamaica, by Mr. Wilson, the Curator of the
E a th Botanic Gardens, Jamaica, and named by Sir W. Hooker,
after this botanist. I t is a very distinct species.
An evergreen stove Fern .
Only found in Jamaica.
Fro n d s glabrous, pinnate, the pinnæ somewhat ovate, petiolatc,
alternate, caudate at the base, coriaceous; the sterile fronds
serrate at the margin, petiolatc. T h re e to five pinnæ on a
frond. Costa ebeneous at the base. Veins forked and anastomosing.
Stipes and rachis ebeneous and glabrous.
Sori linear, being continuous on both margins nearly to the
apex.
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