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M A I I A T T I A L A X A . P O R T I O N OF F R O N D .
L X X V H -V ol. 8.
F ertile pinjiule, under side.
MARATTIA LAXA.
K u n z e . L ie b m a n n . M e t t e n iu s .
PL -A T li L X X V I I . V O L . V I I I .
Gymnotheca laxa, P e e s l . D e V e i e s e . J I o o e e .
M a ra ttia—Hamed ia honour o f J . F, Maratti, a Tuscan botanist.
L a x a—Large.
A B A T H E R coarse-growing, lax -h ab ited F e rn , d istinct in ap pearance
from tbe o ther Marattiaceous F e rn s in tro d u c ed to
cultivation.
A n ev e rg re en stove or warm greenhouse species.
N a tiv e of th e temperate regions of Mexico.
In tro d u c e d to E n g lish gardens about six or e ig h t years since,
and a few years earlier to continental gardens.
Stem forming a th ick , short, and fleshy tru n k or root-stalk,
as in th e o ther species; w hich is invested w ith the stipule-like
scales at th e base of th e stipites.
F ro n d s la rg e , stipitatc, th e lamina about th re e feet iu len g th .