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iiiid having th e free prolongation of the vein ex se rted far b e yond
the margin of th e indusium.
L en g th six to ten inches. Colour a grassy green.
F o r fronds my thanks are due to Air. D. Aloore, of the
Glasnevin Botanic Gardens, D u b lin ; and to Air. Gray , of St.
Thomas’, E x e te r.
I t may be p ro cu red of Air. Sim, of F o o t’s Cray.
T h e illustration is from a fro n d sent b y Air. Aloore, and
was g a th e red from a p lan t imp o rted from Jamaica.
Yoinig' storile Frond-iiiKler side.
TRICHOMANES MUSCOIDES.
S w a r t z . H ook er a n d G r e v il l e . MTl l d e n o w .
P L A T E X ,— B . V O L . V I I I .
Tricliomaiies lymenodes. I I e dw io .
Trichomanes—Vvom. the Greek—Soft hair. Museoides—Moss-like.
-A CURIOU.S elegant mossy or Junge rm an n ia -lo o k in g plan t,
ra re in cultivation and very delicate. I t has pellucid fronds,
somewhat oak-lcaf-shapecl, which rise singly from v crv slender'
d a rk , c reeping stems.
A n eve rg re en stove F e rn .
N a tiv e of the AVost In d ie s, Jamaica, Hispaniola , Dominica,
St. ATnccnt, and Java.
F ro n d s minute, erect, simple, oblong-lanceolate, n e a rly sessile,
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