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DICKSONIA RUBIGINOSA.
K a d l f ü s s . K d n z e . H o o k e r . L i n k . R r e s l .
F e e . L ie b m a n n . S c h o t t .
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Sitolohium rubiginosum, J . S m i t h . M o o e e a n d H o u l s t o n .
Dicksonia—Named after James Dickson, a Britisli botanist.
RuMginosa—Busty. ■1,
I n t h e S e c t i o n S i t o l o b i u m o f A u t h o r s .
A STRA GG LiNG -g row in g s p e c ie s .
A n evergreen stove F e rn .
N a tiv e of T ropical America, Brazil, (Rio Ja n e iro , T ejuca,
and Bahia ,) Mexico, (temp e ra te regions of,) Columbia, P e ru ,
Guatemala, and Jamaica.
Ra ised in th e Roya l Gard en s, K ew , in 1841.
T h e fronds, which are sp reading an d membranaceous, are
b a iry , tria n g u la rly elongate in form and tr ip in n a te ; pinna;
oblong-obtuse, v ery b a iry b en e a tb ; pinnules oblong-acuminate;
segments pinnatifid, ro u n d ed at tb e apex, and la rg e st on tb e