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DICKSONIA SQUARROSA.
S w a r t z . S c h k u i ir . J . S s i it h . H o o k e r .
JIOORE a n d H oUESTON.
P L A T E X L IV . V O L . T i l l .
Trichomanes squarrosum,
Ba lantium squarrosum.
F o r s t e r .
IC uNZE. F e e .
Dicksonia—After James Dickson, a Britisli botanist.
Squarrosa—Bough and scurfy.
A n o t h e r fine tre e F e rn , and ve ry beautifnl, bearin g graceful
fronds.
A n ev ergreen warm greenhouse species.
N a tiv e of N ew Zealand.
In tro d u c e d into th e Roya l Gard en s, K ew , in 1842, b y Mr.
J . E d g e rly .
F ro n d s coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate in form, and trip in n a te ;
ultimate pinnce oblong and p rofoundly pinn a tifid ; segments
somewhat ovate, p u n g en t, and mucroiiately-serrated. Beneath
th e segments th e re are small lacerated scales.
Veins p in n a te ; venules simple, direct, and free.
Sori globose, small, one on each lobe; b o th valves of the
involucre concave, and n e a rly equal.
F e rtile segments much smaller, and contracted.
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