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Pinna of barren Frond, iippcr side.
DEPARIA PROLIFERA.
H o o k e r a n d G r e v il l e . F e e . H o o k e r a n d B-i d e r .
P L A T E X X X V I I I . V O L . V I I I .
Dicksonia p ro life ra ,
D ep a ria Macraei,
K a u l f u s s .
H o o k e e a n d G r e v i l l e .
D ep a ria—h iom the Greek—a little cup. Pro li/c™ —ProUferous.
A P R E T T Y an d d istinct species, worthy of gene ra l cultivation,
b u t as y e t very rare.
A n ev e rg re en stove species.
N a tiv e of th e Sandwich Islands, Oahu, according to Chamisso,
and Owhyhee, according to Macrae.
F ro n d s spreading, trian g u la r-e lo n g a te , herbaceous, pinnato-
pinnatifid, an d glabrous, th e divisions p rofoundly cu t into
ro u n d e d lobes. Pinnie sub-opposite below, alte rn a te above,
elongated, oblong-acuminate; segments d istant, pin n u le s about
tw en ty pairs on each pinna.
Veins simple, from a central costa: venules free, exten d in g
to th e margin, and in th e fertile fronds forming stalks to the