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J I CKSONIA MOLUCCANA. PINNA.
XLVI-VOL, 8.
Portion of Pinna of barren Froiul.
DICKSONIA MOLUCCANA.
B l u .m e . I I o o k e k . F e e . L o b b .
P L A T E X L V I . V O L . V I I I .
Silolohium Moluccanum, J . S m i t h .
Named after James Dickson, a British botauist.
ALoluccana—From the mountains o f the Moluccas.
I n t h e S e c t io n S i t o l o b iu m o e A u t h o r s .
A d i s t in c t , y e t not common species.
A warm grecnlionse F e rn .
N a tiv e of th e mountains of th e Moluccas, w here it was found
h y Blume.
F ro n d s coriaceous, tri-piniiatifid, somewhat len g th y , trian g u la r
in fo rm ; pinnse opposite, oblong-lanceolate in shape, acuminate,
p innules lanceolate, profoundly pinnatifid, b lu n tly toothed on
tbe u p p e r margin.
Rachis and stipes aculeate or th o rn y , th e la tte r scandent.
F ro n d s somewhat down)' beneath.
Veins p in n a te ; venules dire c t and free.
Sori globose.
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