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DICKSONIA CULCITA.
L T I e r it ie i !. H o o k e r . M o o r e .
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Balanlitim culcitum,
Culcita macrocarpa,
K a u l f u s s . H o o k e r . J . S m i t h .
jM o o r e a n d H o u l s t o n .
P r e s l . H o o k e r . P e e .
Dicfoonia—Named after James Dickson, a British botanist.
Culcita—A cusliion.
A V E R Y handsome, ra re , la rge-growing F e rn , having singular
fructification; th e form of the indusium somewhat resembling
a p u rs e ; hence its name of B a la n tium b y Kau lfu ss, from
B a la n tio n— ti. purse. A ro b u st, larg e -g row in g species, wo rth y
of general cultivation.
A n eve rg re en warm greenhouse F e rn .
N a tiv e of M a d e ira and the mountains of th e Azores, at an
elevation of from two to th re e th o u san d feet, where it has been
notic ed b y Masson, G u th n ic , and Watson.
F ro n d s g labrous, sub-coriaceous, decompound, and tri-q u ad -
rip in iia te ; ultimate segments oblong and dentate.
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