Portion of barren Frond—upper side.
HYMENOPHYLLUM DEMISSUM.
S w a r t z . H o o k e r . S c u k ü h r . W il l d e n o w .
P L .A T E V IT . — E . V O L . V I I I .
Trichomanes demissum, F o e s t e k . H e d w i g .
Hymenophyllum—Membrane-leaved. jDemissum—Humble.
A P R E T T Y dw a rf species, of a filmy te x tu re , and having
shining deep g re en fronds.
A warm greenhouse F e rn .
N a tiv e of th e Pacific Islan d s , N ew Z ealand, Tasmania, and
P h ilip p in e Islands.
F ro n d s e rect, elastic, ovate-acuminate in form, an d drooping.
P in n a te , th e pinnse being acuminate and b i-trip in n a tifid ; segments
lin e a r obtuse, en tire , and poin tin g upwards.
Stipes te re te and smooth.
Ra chis n o t winged except above.
In v o lu c re s situated on the lateral segments, small, ovate, and
sessile.
Caudex and stipes stout.
L e n g th of frond from e ig h t to ten inches, an d stipes n early
as lo n g ; w id th from th re e to four inches.
F o r a fro n d of this ra re F e rn I am in d eb ted to Mr. R. Sim,
o f F o o t’s Cray.
I t may b e p ro cu re d of Mr. R . Sim.
T h e illu stra tio n is from IMr. Sim’s frond.
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