L en g th twenty-four inches; colour b rig h t g reen.
F o r a plan t of Ble chnum serrulatum I am indeb ted to
Messrs. V e itch , of Chelsea; and for fronds to Sir AV. J .
Flookor, D ire c to r of the Roya l Gardens, Kew.
I t may he p ro cu re d of Alessrs. Veitch, of Chelsea, and
Booth, of Ham b u rg .
T h e illustration is from Sir AV. J . H o o k e r’s frond.
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GENUS XI.
WOODAVARDIA. Swartz.
A SMALL and v ery dissimilar-looking family, with pinnate
fronds. Veins reticu la ted , becoming free near the margin.
Sori oblong, or linear-elongated, unise rial, and immersed, formed
upon the transverse costal venules. In d u sium revolute and
vaulted. Rhizoma creeping.
Fro n d s from twelve to seventy inches in length.
This genus is named after Air. AVoodward, an E n g lish
botanist.
T h e re is no B ritish representative.
P re sl, in his “ T entamen P te rid o g rap h iæ ,” enumerates the
following :—
1.—Woodwardia radicans, Swartz. (AVoodwardia bise rrata,
P re sl.)
2.—AVoodwardia stans, Swartz.
3.— “ angustifolia, (Woo dwa rd ia onocleoides,
TVüldenoiü.)
4.—-AA^oodwardia thelypteroide s, P u rsh .
Air. Smith, in his Catalogue of the F e rn s grown at Kew,
th e following: —
1.—AVoodwardia radicans, Swartz.
2.—Anchistea virginica , Presl.
3.—L o rinsoria areolata, P resl.
K u n z e , in his “ In d ex F ilicum ,” th e following:—
1.—AA’oodwardia angustifolia. Smith.
3.— “ japonica, Swartz.
3.— “ radicans, Swartz.
4.— “ v irginica , Swartz.
F e e , in his “ Genres de la Famille des Polypodiacèes,” the
following :—
1.—AAteodwardia radicans, Sivartz.
2.— “ japonica, Sivartz.
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