Portion of mature Froncl-under side.
HYPODEEPJS BllOWNII.
J. S m i t h . F e e . H o o k e r a n d B a u e r .
PL.ATE X IV . VOL. V I I .
Woodsia brownii. H e t t e n iu s .
II Hypoderris—TJndor-tlio-skin. Bromnii—Named in lionour
of tlie late E.. Brown, tlie eminent Botanist.
A siNGUL.AK, handsome, and rare F e rn , h u t little known in
cultivation in this country.
An evergreen stove species.
Native of the Island of T rin id ad and Guiana.
In tro d u c ed into E ngland about the year. 1850.
The fronds, which are simple or trilobate, are oblong-acuminate
ill form, the lateral lobes being very small in comparison with
the central one. Fronds u ndulated, somewhat membranous ; base
cordate, margin of the frond entire.
Stipes and rachis thickly scaly, the scales being diminutive
and whitish.
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