
Stipes and rachis v ery scaly; scales reddish. Leafy almost
to the base.
L e n g th of frond from twelve to twenty-four inches.
T h e fertile fronds are longer th an th e ste rile ones, and the
contraction of th e ir lobes over th e seed-masses gives them a
v ery e legant appearance.
T h e re is a v ariety known in gardens as Mohria achillemfolia,
named after the Y a rrow , fA c h ille a m ille fo lium ,] th e b a rre n
fronds of which it much resembles; this is dwarfer in h ab it,
being only from six to nine inches in len g th , th e b a rre n
fronds shortest aud spreading, th e fertile ones erect. A ra re ,
lovely F e rn .
F o r plants I am ind eb ted to Mr. D . Moore, of th e Glasnevin
Gard en s, and to M r. J . H en d e rso n , of W e n tw o rth ; and for
fronds to Mr. J . H en d e rso n ; Mr. N o rm an , of H u ll; and M.
Schott, of th e Im p e ria l Gardens, Schonbrunn.
I t is in th e Catalogues of Messrs. Sim, o f F o o t’s C ray ;
Ve itch , o f Chelsea; Eollisson, of T oo tin g ; E . G. H en d e rso n ,
of St. Jo h n ’s W o o d ; A. H en d e rso n , of P in e -ap p le P la c e ;
K en n ed y , of Covent G a rd e n ; Cooling, of D e rb y ; and Booth,
of Hamb u rg .
GENUS IJ.
A N E M ID IC T A U N . J . S m i t h .
A sm a l l family of stove F e rn s , having tr ip a rtite fertile fronds,
th e two opposite segments b e in g contracted an d erect iu h ab it,
forming two u n ila te ra l, sporangiferous, compound panicles, the
th ird be in g ste rile an d spre ad in g .
Veins fo rk e d ; venules reticulated.
Mr. Moore, in his “ In d e x F ilic um ,” gives—
H ir tum , P r e s l, W e s t In d ie s.
P h y llitid is , J . Sm ith , W e s t Indies.
Tweedieanum, Moore, Brazil.
T h e re is no British rep re sen ta tiv t
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