HY M S N O P a Y L L UM O l i U E N T U M .
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H. T U N B R I D G P N 5 cJ.
Portion oi miitiu-e Frond—upper side.
11Y M E N 0 PIIYL L U M C R U E N T U M.
C a v a n il l e s . H o o k e r . S w a r t z . W il l d e n o w .
P L A T E V .— A. V O L . V I I I .
Ifi/m e n o p h i/U iim— M cm h v n n e -h a y e i. l i i o o d 'C o i o u i ’e d .
A H A N D SO M E ra re species, an d somewhat dou b tfu l whether
alive in our B ritish collections at th e p re sen t time.
An evergreen stove F e rn .
Native of Chiloe, growing on th e tru n k s ,ol trees.
F ro n d s simple, b ro ad ly lanceolate, sin ua to-dentate, and pcn-
ninerved. Veins simple.
Stipes very long and slender.
llhizoma slender and creeping.
Sori marginal, th e w edge-shaped base su n k in th e Iro n d , the
other p ortion p ro tru d in g b ey o n d th e frond.
L en g th of frond six inches ; colour blo o d -red when growing,
h u t tu rn in g to brown in th e d rie d specimens.
F o r fronds I am in d eb ted to i l r . J . Gray , of St. d h om a s’,
E xeter.
I t cannot be p ro cu re d from any N u rse rym en .
T h e illustration is from IMr. G ra y ’s frond.