24 H Y i S t E N O P H Y L L U M P O L Y A N T I I O S .
Fronds ovate or oblong, tripinnatifid; segments entire, brief,
usnally spreading.
Stipes, terete, black, naked, o r ‘moderatelj^ winged above; wiry.
Involucres terminal, nearly orbicular; base slightly sunk, or
free, profoundly two-valved, valves convex and entire.
Length of frond from four to trvelve inches; width two inches;
colour bright green.
For a frond I am indebted to Mr. R. Sim, of Foot’s Cray.
I t may be procured of Mr. Sim.
The illustration is Irom Mr. Sim’s frond.
I’ortion of mature Frond—upper side.
H YM E N O PH Y L L UM S E R IC E ÜM.
S wartz. W il l d e n ow . H e dw ig . H o o k er .
P E A T E V i n , — B. V (JL . V I I I .
IJa in cn o p J ijjllum iomcrdosum,
“ p L um o sum ,
l l y m e u o p h i j l l u m — M e m b r a n e - l e a v e d .
K u n z e .
K a u l f o s s .
S e r i c e u m — S i l k y .
A S P L E N D ID rare species, clothing the rocks as wdth a curtain.
An evergreen stove Fern.
Native of Jamaica, P e ru , Columbia, Guatemala, Brazil, and
Martinique.
Fronds soft, flexible, much elongated, narrow oblong, apex
truncated, habit pendulous; primarily pinnatedly divided, and
more especially below; pinmn lanceolate, approximate, obtuse
cuneate at the base, laciniato-pinnatifled, yet not profoundly so,
frond everywhere ferrugineo-sericeous, that is, densely clothed
with rusty hairs, hence its name.
Stipes brief and filiform.
Veins forked, close, parallel, and lamellated.
Involucres small, and situated on the apices of the ultimate
segments; orbicular, sunk, and very hirsute.