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13 F A D Y E N IA P R O L IF E R A . C Y C LO P E T .T IS . 1.3
A M O R E siiigular than beautiful Fern, requiring moisture and
shade to grow successfully. I t is a difficult species to manage,
although when it does flourish it spreads itself in all directions,
from the rooting of the proliferous apices of the barren
fronds.
A stove evergreen species.
Native of Jamaica and the Island of Cuba.
I t was introduced into the Koyal Gardens, Kew, in the year
1842, having been sent there by Mr. W. Purdie.
Fertile frond simple, glabrous, upright, lanceolate in form,
narrowing towards the base; apex broad and rounded.
Barren frond horizontal, ohlong-ovate, elongate tapering to
the apex, where it is proliferous.
Fronds terminal, adherent to a small tufted rhizoma.
Sori large, reniform, near the apex imbricate.
Indusium hairy; margin somewhat dentate.
Length of barren frond five inches, fertile frond four inches;
colour dull green.
For plants my thanks are due to Mr. J . Henderson, of
Wentworth; and to Messrs. Booth, of Hamburg.
Plants may be procured of Messrs. Sim, of Foot’s Cray;
Kollisson, of Tooting; Kennedy, of Covent Garden; Masters,
of Canterbury; Booth, of Hamburg; Veitch, Jun ., of Chelsea;
Stansfield, of Todmorden; Cutbush, of Highgate; and A.
Henderson, of Pine-apple Place.
The illustration is from fronds forwarded by Mr. J. Henderson,
of Wentworth.
GENUS 111.
CYCLOPELTIS. J. S m i t h .
F r o n d s pinnate, glabrous, and articulated with the rachis.
Veins dichotomously branched; venules direct, free, the
anterior and exterior one of each fascicle soriferous.
Sori circular, biserial, medial or terminal.
Indusium orbicular and peltate.
A solitary species.
The name, derived from the Greek, has reference to the
indusium, and means a small round buckler.
A tropical Pern.