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104 CIMOTITJM GLAt JCHSORSS .
In tro d u c e d into this country b y j\Ir. Jo sep h Re eves, and
received into th e Royal Gardens, K ew , in 1834, from the
Messrs. Loddiges.
Rhizoma creeping and massive.
Rachis and stipes stout, len g th y , and h irsu te , especially so
a t th e base.
L en g th of frond from si.x to e ig h t fe e t; a b rig h t shining gre en
above, glaucous beneath.
My thanks are due to Messrs. E . G. H en d e rso n , of St. Jo h n ’s
W o o d , and to M r. Ma sters, of C an te rb u ry , for plants of this
F e rn ; and to Mr. Sim, of F o o t’s Cray, for fronds.
I t may be p ro cu red from any of th e p rin c ip a l Nurse rymen .
T h e illustrations are from Mr. Sim’s fronds.
GENUS VI.
T R IC I IIO C A R R A . J . S m i t h .
F r o n d s bi-tripinnatifid, deltoid, pinnte distan t, p in n a te below,
pinnatifid and d e cu rren t above. Veins uniform and re ticu la ted ;
th e areoles transverse oblong; marginal veinlets free , and e x se
rted b ey o n d th e margin, each becoming a pedicel, b e a rin g a
globose sorus. In d u sium spread in g , en tire , an d cyathiform.
T h is genus differs from Dep a ria , and more especially in the
distinctly reticu la ted veins.
A solitary example, from New Caledonia.
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