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GLEICHENIA MICROPHYLLA.
B r ow n . H o o k e r . J. Sm i t h .
P L A T E X L V I I . V O L . V I I I .
Gleichenia Speluncx,
circinata?
circinalis,
G u i l l e m in . (No t o f
B b o w n , H o o k e e ,
M o o b e , nor S m i t h .)
SwAETZ.
Sw A E T z . M o o e e .
Gleichenia—Named in honour o f Baron P . P . Von Gleiclien, a German
botanist. Microphylla—Small-leaved.
A n e x c e e d in g ly e l e g a n t P e r n , o f la r g e s iz e , w ith a v e r y
d e n s e s ym m e tr ic a l h a b it.
A warm greenhouse species.
N a tiv e of Tasmania and P o rt Ja ck so n , in N ew Hollan d .
In tro d u c e d into th e Koyal Gard en s, K ew , in 1845, haying
b een received from Mr. K. Gunn.
F ro n d s dichotomous divaricated ; the branches pin n a te ; the
pinna; pinnatifid and g labrous; segments sub-ro tu n d , n e a rly
p lan e , and having th e margins somewhat re cu rv ed , exposing
th e sori more to view th an in Oleiclienia semivestita.
T h e rachis and branches covered with chaffy ferruginous
hairs.
Veins indistinct.
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