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Pinna of mature Frond - under side.
DOODIA BLECHNOIDES.
A. Cunningham. M e tte n . J. Sm ith . M o o re and
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Po o d ia maxima,
Poodya blechnoides,
Woodwardia blechnoides,
J . S m i t h .
K u n z e .
F e e .
Jlo o d la—Named after Mr. Doody, a botanist. .Blec/Mim'rfes—Bleehuum-like.
A B lechnum-looking Doodia, n o t common in cultivation m
this country.
I t was raised from spores in the Roya l Gardens, K ew , in
1836.
A n evergreen greenhouse species.
N a tiv e of N ew H o llan d .
T h e fronds, which are rig id , are broadly-lanceolate and p in natifid;
segments lanceolate, approximate, and rep an d , with a
spinulose-serrate margin.
Stipes completely b u rie d u n d e r black scales.
Fronds terminal, and adherent to an erect fasciculate rhizoma.
Sori uniserial.
L en g th of frond from twelve to eighteen inches; colour a
du ll heavy green.
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