198 CHARACTERS OF TRIBES AND GENERA. 



Sp. H. Brownii, J. Sm. (v v.) ; Hook. Gard. Ferns, 

 t. 24. 



In Seemann's Journ. Bot., 1869, p. 240, a second species 

 is described, namely //. Seemanni, a native of Nicaragua, 

 which is adopted in the " Synopsis Filicurn " Addenda, 

 p. 460, I have not seen specimens of this. 



102. TRICHIOCARPA, /. Sm. (1866). 

 Deparia, sect. Trichiocarpa, Hook. ; Cionidium, Moore. 



Vernation fasciculate, acaulose. Fronds bi-tripinnatifid, 

 deltoid, 12 to 18 inches high, pinnae distant, pinnate below, 

 pinnatifid decurrent above ; pinnules lanceolate, pinnatifid, 

 or sinuose lobed. Feins uniform, reticulated ; areoles 

 transverse oblong, marginal venules free, exserted beyond 

 the margin, bearing globose pedicellate sori. Sporangia 

 included within a calyciform indusium, opening exteriorly. 



Type. Trichiocarpa Moorei, J. Sm. 



Illust. Hook. Journ. Bot. and Kew Gard. Misc., vol. 4, 

 t. 3 ; Hook., Fil. Exot., t. 38 ; Moore, Ind. Fil., p. 

 80 A. ; J. Sm., Ferns, Brit, and For., fig. 73. 



OBS. This genus is founded on a remarkable Fern, a 

 native of New Caledonia ; in habit it greatly resembles the 

 multifid fronded specimens of Aspidium trifoliatum and 

 allied species, but its marginal pedicellate sori marks it as 

 specially distinct even as not belonging to Aspidece ; relying 

 upon the character of the sori alone, there can be no doubt 

 that Sir W. Hooker is right in describing it as a species of 

 Deparia, but from which it differs, and from all Dicltsonice, 

 in having anastomosing veins. 



In native and cultivated specimens that have come 

 under my notice, I observed some of the sori to be intra- 

 marginal, and even some of them seated on the upper side 



