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DOODIA ASPERA.
B r o w n . S m i t h . H o o k e r . S c h o t t . S p r e n g e l .
K a u l f u s s . P r e s l . M o o r e a n d H o u l s t o n .
P L A T E X X X . V O L . IV .
Doodya aspera,
Wbodwardia aspera,
K u n z e . L i n k .
F e e .
Po o d ia—Named after M r. Doody, a botanist. A sp e ra—Kougb,
in reference to th e rough stalks.
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A P R E T T Y , evergreen, stiff-habited, greenhouse F e rn .
Na tiv e o f N ew H o llan d and Australia.
Received into the Royal Gardens, K ew , in 1808, from Air.
Caley.
F ro n d s lanceolate and pinna tifid ; segments linear-acuminate,
sub-falcate, and having a spinulose-serrate m a rg in ; r ig id ; widest
iu th e centre of the fro n d ; apex acuminate.
Veins forked.
Sori unisorial or biserial.
Rachis and stipes scaly, d a rk brown at th e base.
F ro n d s termina l, being ad h e ren t to a b r ie f creeping rhizoma.
llc n g th of frond ten inches; colour a d u ll heavy green.
F o r a p lan t my thanks are due to Air. Jo s ep h H en derson,
of V ’cn tw o rth ; and for fronds to AI. Schott, Dire c to r of the
Im])crial Gardens of Schonbriinn, and to Air. G. Norman, of
Hu ll.