PuaTe 1606. 
DICKSONIA HENRIETTA, Baker. 
Fiuces, Suborder Potyropiacea, Tribe Dicksonien. 
Dicksonia Henriette, Baker in Hook. et Baker, Syn. Fil. edit. 2, 
- 462 ; frondibus amplis deltoideis quadripinnatis viridibus glabris, 
rachibus nudis, pinnis deltoideis infimis m 
-truncatis, venulis 
remotis perspicuis ascendentibus, indusio campanulato valva exteriore 
Has. Madagascar, Miss H. Baker, Pool, Kitching, Humblot, 412 ; 
Hildebrandt, 3765. 
Pinne inferiores pedales vel sesquipedales, interdum 9-10 poll. late. 
Pinnule interdum semipedales. 
his is one of the most characteristic large ferns of the forests of 
Central Madagascar. It was first sent home in 1872 by my relative, 
Miss Henrietta Baker, and has since been repeatedly collected. It is 
most nearly allied to the widely spread D. cicutaria, Sw., of Tropical 
R. 
Fig. 1. Pinna, 
life size. 2, Sterile ultimate segment. 3. Fertile 
4, Margin of seg 
: : ultimate segment, 
ment, with one sorus and indusium, AI/ enlarged, 
