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lias described both species, still, in the remarks regarding A .
rarium, speaks of the probability of its being the same F e rn
with A . villosum.
An evergreen stove F e rn .
Native of Venezuela, where it was found by H um b o ld t and
K u n th .
F ro n d s pinnate and hipinnate, having pinnæ of a trapezoid-
oblong acuminate shape, sub-petiolate, glabrous, acutely serrated.
Rachis hirsu te with filiform scales.
Length of frond twelve to eighteen inches.
Sori linear and continuous.
Intro d u c ed into E ng lan d in the year 1820.
F o r plants of this species I am indebted to Mr. Pass, gardener
to Mr. Brocklehurst, of The Fence, near Macclesfield; Mr. Veitch,
of Chelsea; and to Mr. A. H en derson, of P ine-apple P lace: and
for fronds to Dr. Ho o k e r, of the Royal Gardens, K ew ; Mr. J.
H en derson, of W en tw o rth ; Mr. Downes, of H illsb ro ’, Ilfracombe;
and to Mr. Norman, of H u ll.
I t is in the Catalogues of Messrs. A. H en derson, o f P in e apple
P la c e ; Rollisson, o f T ooting; Veitch, of E x e te r; P a rk e r
of Holloway; and Sim, of F o o t’s Cray.
The illustration is from a- frond sent by Dr. Hooker.
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