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Alsophila continued. 



both sides bright green, slightly hairy on the ribs, not scaly, sort 

 minute, medial ; texture herbaceous. Tropical America ; very 

 common. A very effective stove species. SYN. A. ferox, &c. 

 See Fig. 64. 



A. armata (armed).* frond* ample, tripinnatifld or tripinnate. 

 rachises stramineous, densely pilose ; pinnae oblong-lanceolate, lift. 

 to 2ft. long ; pinnules ligulate-lanceolate, sessile, Sin. to Sin. long, 

 Jin to lin. broad ; segments falcate, blunt, one to one and a half 

 lines broad, subentire or toothed ; both sides densely pilose on the 

 ribs, not scaly, sori subcostular. Tropical America ; extremely 

 abundant Stove species. 



Alsophila continued. 



or less villous on the costae and costule above, and very minutely 

 bullato-paleaceous beneath, often quite naked, from 6ft. to 30ft. 

 long ; primary pinnae l^ft. long, 6in. to lOin. wide ; pinnules Sin. to 

 4in. long, Jin. to Jin. wide, oblong, acuminate, deeply pinnatifid, 

 or towards the base even pinnate ; ultimate pinnules or lobes 

 oblong, acute, serrated, subfalcate. sori copious, rather smalL 

 New Holland, &c., 1833. A very handsome greenhouse species. 



A. comosa (hairy). Synonymous with A. Scottiana. 



A. contaminans (contaminating).* can. slender, growing from 20ft 

 to 50ft. high. ati. and rachises purplish brown, glossy, aculeate. 

 Jrondt 6ft. to 10ft. long, ample, glabrous, deep green above, glau 



FlO. 63. AlPINIA VITTATA. 



A. aspera (rough).* can. slender, 10ft to 30ft. high. sti. and 

 rachises strongly aculeated ; main and partial rachis above stri- 

 gillose, slightly scaly beneath and on the costa, the rest glabrous, 

 often glossy, fronds bipinnate; pinnules shortly petiolate, oblong ; 

 apex acuminated, pinnatifid half or two-thirds of the way 

 down to the costa ; lobes oblong-ovate, often acutely serrulate ; 

 costa bearing small, deciduous, bullate scales beneath, sori very 

 deciduous. , West Indies, Ac. Stove species. 



A. anstralls (southern).* sti. with very long, firm, subulate 

 scales, lift, long, and as well as the main rachises, muricato- 

 asperous, stramineous, fronds ample, subglaucous beneath, more 



cons beneath ; primary ptame 2ft. or more In length, oblong-ovate, 

 acuminate ; pinnules sessile, 4in. to Sin. long, Jin. to lin. wide, 

 deeply pinnatifid, linear-oblong, sub-falcate, entire, tori nearer 

 the costule than the margin. Java and Malaya. Stove species. 

 SYN. A. glauca. 



A, Cooper! (Cooper's).* frondt ample, tripinnate. rachises stra- 

 mineous, mnricated, glabrous beneath ; basal scales large, linear, 

 pale, spreading ; pinnae oblong-lanceolate, lift, to 2ft long ; pin- 

 nules ligulate, 4in. to Sin. long, Jin. to lin. broad, lowest long- 

 stalked ; segments ligulate, blunt, toothed, one and a half to two 

 and a half lines broad, tori small. Queensland, &c. Greenhouse, 



