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CIBOTIUM SCHIEDEL
C h am is so a n d S c h l e c h t e n d a l . H o o k e r . J. S m it h .
L ie ism a n n . M a r t e n s a n d G a l l e o t t i . F e e .
L in k . K u n z e . S c h o t t .
P L .A T E XXXAC V O L . V I I I .
Cibotium—From hihotion—a little chest, in reference to the form
o f the indusium. Sc/iieifci—Named in honour o f Sehiede.
T h i s is the handsomest F e rn of th e genus, and v ery distin
c t, in d e ed it is the most graceful large species known. An
arbore scent species. R ising on a tru n k from ten to fifteen feet
h ig h , according to Galleotti.
A stove F e rn .
N a tiv e of Guatemala and Mexico. I t was found at H a c ien d a
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