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Portion of mature Frond, under side.
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H E M IT E L IA G R A N D IF O L IA .
S pr engel . H ooker. J . Sm ith . M ooee and H ou lston .
P L A T E L lX . V O L . V I I I .
Cyathea grandifolia,
“ horrida,
Cnemidaria Kohautiana,
W i l l d e n o w . P l u m i e e .
S i e b e r , {not o f P r e s l & S m i t h . )
P r e s l .
Hemitelia—Ilalf-periect, in reference to th e indusium resembling a half-cup.
Grandifolia—Large-leaved.
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T h is is a v e ry beautiful F e rn , b u t rare in collections.
A n evergreen stove species.
N a tiv e of T rin id a d , Jamaica, M a rtin iq u e , and St. Vincent.
Caudex e rect, g rowing to th e h e ig h t of four or five feet.
F ro n d s p innate, glabrous, and ovate-lanceolate in fo rm ; pinna;
la rg e , (twelve inches in len g th ,) lanceolate-acuminate, sessile, and
pinnatifid for above two th ird s of its le n g th ; segments obtuse
and suh-falcate, apex se rrulated.
F ro n d s terminal.
Veins once or twice fo rk ed , th e basal ones angularly-ana stomosing.
Stipes aculeated, having a scale on each prickle.
Sori a little w ith in th e m a rg in , u nise rial, con tin u ed a ro u n d
ev e ry sinuosity of the pinna:, and having a solitary sorus on
each venule.
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