134 DICKSONIA MOLUCCANA.
My th anks are due to M r. George N o rm an , of H u ll, for a
p lan t of this F e rn ; and to Mr. J . Smith, Curator of the E oyal
G ardens, K ew , for fronds.
I t does not appear in any o f the N u rs e rym e n ’s Catalogues.
T h e illustration is from Mr. Smith’s frond.
GLKICHKNIA. 13.5
GL E ICH EN I iE . J . S m it h .
H a v in g g lo b o s e o r p y r i f o rm s e s s ile s p o r a n g i a , o p e n i n g
v e r t i c a l ly ; r i n g t r a n s v e r s e .
S o r i p u n c t i f o rm a n d n a k e d .
GENUS I.
G L E IC H E N IA . B k o w n .
A MOST remarkable and at th e same time handsome group
o f F e rn s, making (u n d e r successful cultivation) magnificent
plants. T h e most aristocratic-looking genus of F e rn s. T h e
fronds v arying from ten to seventy inches, and b e in g diohot-
omously branched.
Veins forked, e ith e r simply or p in n a te ly ; venules free , th e
ex te rio r one b e a rin g sporangia on its apex. Sori punctiform
and n ak ed , n o n-indusiate, superficial, or immersed, consisting of
b u t few spore-cases, wh ich are sessile an d deciduous.
S ir "W. J . H o o k e r describes th e following:—
Speluncæ, B rown , N ew South
"Wales.
Rup e stris, B rown , N ew South
■Wales.
Alp in a , B row n , Tasmania.
Polypodioides, Sm ith , South
Africa.
Mic ro p h y lla , B row n , Tasmania.
H ic a rp a , B row n , Tasmania.
Semivestita, L a hillardiere, N ew
Caledonia.
H e c isto p h y lla , A . Cunningham,
N ew Zealand.
VOL. v m .
Longissima, B lum e , Java.
V u lcanica, B lum e , Java.
Glauca, Sw a r tz, Jap an .
Gigantea, W a llich , Nepal.
Bancroftii, Hooker, Jamaica.
E xcelsa, J . Sm ith , Luzon.
F labellata, B row n , N ewHolland.
T en e ra , B rown , Tasmania.
Cunninghami, Heioard, New
Zealand.
P eda lis, K a u lfu s s , Chili.
Cryptocarpa, Hooker, Chiloe.
Acutifolia, Hooker, Patagonia.
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