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Portion of mature Frond—under side.
ASPLENIUM STMGILLOSUM.
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Athirium strigillosum, Moojiii.
Asplcnimn—Siilecmvort. SirigiUosiim—..................?
I x T H E S e c t i o x A t h y r i u m o f A u t h o r s .
V e r y little cai^pears to be known regarding tlic A th yn um
strigillosum of AIoore, it was raised from spores by Air. Bain,
of the College Garden, Dublin, but from what country it is
uncertain; it may turn out to bo one of the Indian species,
collected by Dr. AVallich. Air. AIoore, of the Chelsea Botanic
Gardens, who recognised it as a species new to him, gave it
the name of A . strigillosum.
The fronds, which are glabrous, arc bipinnate, narrow
lanceolate-acuminate, straight and rigid, springing from an
upright caudex.
Stipes and rachis deeply furrowed above, the former with a
few membranous scales near the base, the latter more slightly
channeled on each side, and rounded beneath. PimiEe very
short, somewhat triangular and pinnatifid at the apex, dark red
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