SAGEXIA. 



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Fip. 54. Sagenia repanda. 



size.) 



(rinna small 



SAGENIA. 



A genus of large- 

 growing Ferns of great 

 beauty. Most of them 

 are from the East Indies, 

 and, therefore, require 

 the full heat of the stove. 

 The name is derived 

 from sagene, a large net, 

 the fronds being covered 

 with widely spread 

 veins. This genus ap- 

 proaches very closely to 

 Aspidium. The chief 

 distinction between 

 them consists, in this 

 genus, of the thinly- 

 spread veins and the 

 spore-masses being pro- 

 duced on the top of a 

 small vein. 



SAGENIA DECUEBENS 

 (Decurrent). A hand- 

 some Fern from Ceylon, 

 bearing barren and fer- 

 tile fronds separate. 

 The barren fronds half- 

 pinnate that is, having 

 a small wing at the 

 base. Fertile fronds 

 very curiously turned- 

 tip at the edges, con- 

 tracted, also subpinnate, 

 growing 2\ feet high; 



