TRIOHOMA.NES CRISPUM. T. M U S 0 O ; Ü i-: S.
X -V O L . 8.
T. S IN U O S U M .
Portion of fertile Frond—under side.
TRICilOAiANES CRISPUM.
L i .n n jc u s . P l u j i ie r . H o o k e r a n d G r e y il l e . J . S m it h .
AYil l d e n o iy . H e dw ig . K u n z e . S p r e n g e l . M o o r e .
P L A T E X .— V O L . V M f .
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Trii'homanes fa stig ia ium ,
“ oi'lstatumy
um,
long fo lium ,
pellucens,
plumosum,
SlEBEK.
K aulfuss. Sprengel.
Kaddi. ^Martius.
D esvaux. P lumieil
K unze. L iebmann.
H ooker. P ceppig.
K unze. H ooker.
Trichomanes—From the Gi-eek—Soft hair. Crispum—C\xx\cà.
A v e r y h a n d som e w iry sp e c ie s, r a r e in c u ltiv a tio n .
A n eve rg re en stove F e rn .
N a tiv e of Sou th and T ropical America, the AVest In d ie s,
Brazil, P e ru , S urinam, Alexico, and Jamaica.
In tro d u c e d into the Roya l Gard en s, K ew , in 1851.
F ro n d s su b -p in n a te , h a iry , segments linear-oblong, ro u n d ed
a t th e apex, an d d c cu rren t at th e base, forming a win g ed rachis.
F ro n d s te rm in a l and v ery membranous.
E hizoma sh o rt and creeping.
Sori situ a ted on th e apex o f th e segments, ve rtic a lly oblong.