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TODEA HYMENOPHYLLOIDES.
E ic h a bd . H ooker. J . S m ith .
P L A T E L X V m . V O L . V lH .
Todea pellucida,
Leptopieris hymenophylloides,
C a r m ic h a e l . H o o k e r .
P r e s l .
Todea—jXamed after H. J . Tode, a G-erman cryptogamist.
Hymenophylloides—Hymenopliyllum-like.
A n e x c e ed in g ly lo v e ly hym en op h y llum -lo ok iu g graceful Fe rn,
w h ich should be in ev ery collection.
A n evergreen greenhouse species.
N a tiv e o f N ew Zealand.
F ro n d s bipinnatifid, membranaceous, p e llucid, and multifid,
spreading, tria n g u la r in form, and th re e to four inches wide.
P in næ opposite, and segments sub-opposite, pinnæ approximate,
th e two basal pairs widest.
Veins forked, d ire c t, and free.
Sori n aked, and sc a tte red in little bundles over th e lower
h a lf of th e frond.
Ra chis, stipes, and midrib of pinnæ slender aud h irsu te ;
crown stout and elevated.
L en g th of fro n d from twelve to sixteen inches; colour vivid
green.
T his p lan t should be grown in a porous soil in a damp