HYPODEERIS. 



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It has creeping rhizomes, and may easily be increased by 

 division. 



HYPODERBIS BROWNII (Brown's), Fig. 33. Native of 

 Trinidad. Fronds about 18 inches high, light green, simple, 



Fig. 33. Hypoderris Brownih (Part of a frond 

 medium size.) 



or trilobate ; lateral lobes small ; middle one very large, 

 undulated, rather membranous. Stipes and rachis thickly 

 sprinkled with small pale scales. The fronds of this plant 

 are very liable to turn brown in winter ; they should not 

 therefore be wetted overhead at that season. 



