I'TUllIS DENTICULATA.
A DELICATE species, ra th e r difficult to manage, and req u irin g
a hot-house for its cultivation.
A n evergreen stove F e rn .
N a tiv e of Brazil.
In tro d u c e d into E n g la n d in 1824.
T h e fronds, v h ic h are tria n g u la r in form, arc glabrous, the
basal branches siib-piiinate, rvitli the inferior segments b ip a rtite ,
above p innate, with the in ferior segments divided.
F ro n d s oblong, acuminate, and d e cu rren t at th e b a s e ; m a rgin
se rrate, with spinulose teeth. T erminal, and ad h e ren t to
a fasciculate rhizoma.
S terile fronds broad e r th an th e fertile fronds; fertile fronds
erect, and rising above the sterile fronds.
Sori lin e a r and continuous.
L en g th of frond from twelve to eighteen inches.
F o r plants my thanks are due to Sir Oswald Mosley, B a rt.,
of E olleston H a ll, n ear B u rto n -o n -T ren t.
I t may be p ro cu re d of Messrs. V e itch , of Che lsea; Booth,
of H am b u rg ; Sim, of F o o t’s C ray ; A. H en d e rso n , of Pin e -ap p le
P la c e ; E . G. H en d e rso n , of St. J o h n ’s W o o d ; and llollisson, of
Tooting.
T h e illustration is from a p lan t in my own collection.