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Portion of fertile branch, under side.
CtL e i c h e n i a f l a b e l l a t a .
B r o w n . H o o k e r . L a b il l a r d ie r e . M o o r e . J . S m it h .
P L A T E L . V O L . V I I I .
Mertensia flahellafa, J . S m i t h .
Gleichenia—N am a i in honour o f Baron P. F . Von Gleichen, a German
botanist. F la b e lla ta—Y an-shaped.
I n t h e S e c t i d n M e r t e n s i a o f A u t h o r s .
A n exceedingly b e au tifu l species, making a magnificent specimen.
H a b it e rect, having an u p rig h t stipes, te rm in a ted h y
flabclliform fronds, consisting of several distinct series of two
to four horizontal fan-shaped branches, and each again b ranching.
A warm greenhouse species.
N a tiv e of N ew H o llan d , Tasmania, New Caledonia, and New
Zealand.
In tro d u c e d b y M r. E . G u n n , into th e Roya l Gard en s, K ew ,
in 1843.
T h e fronds are two or th re e times dichotomous, proliferous,
a n d flabelliform, th e branches being lanceolate in form, ascending,
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