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ro rtio n of inatuvo Frond, under side.
ALSOPHILA PEROX.
PuESL. H o o k e r . F e e . K u n z e . B r a c k e n r id g e . S c h o t t .
P L A T E L X V . V O L . V T I I .
Alsophila armata,
“ Selloinana,
“ aculeata,
“ Ra ddiana,
Cyathea ferox,
Rolypodium aculeatum,
“ armatum,
Chroophora aculeata,
M a r t i u s . [Not o f P r e s l . )
S p l i t g e e b e r . S c h n i z l . M e t t e n i u s .
P r e s l .
K u n z e . J. S m i t h . {Not o f H o o k e r . )
G a u d i c h a u d .
P r e s l .
E a d d i . S p r e n g e l . D e s v a u x .
W il l d e n o w . K u n z e .
K a u l f u s s .
Alsophila—Fxom alsos, a grove, and philos, to live, alluding
to the habitat o f tbe Ferns. Ferox—Yievee, in refereuee to the thorny
character o f the idant.
A C O A R S E - L O O K I N G , k i'g e -g rowm g , th o u g h elegant F e rn , re m
a rkable for len g th y sh a rp th o rn s, with which it is abu n d an tly
provided.
A n evergreen stove species.
N a tiv e of South America an d W e s t In d ie s, Jamacia, Brazil,
Bahia , Surinam, Guiana, Cayenne, and T rin id ad .
T h e fronds, which are glabrous, are b ro ad ly lanceolate in
form, b ip in n a te , with sessile, linear-lanceolate, r a th e r membranous,
profoundly pinnatifid p innules, and linear-ohlong, somewhat falcate
segments, with a se rrated margin.
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