Pinna of mature Frond — upper side. 



DOODIA LUNULATA. 

 Brown. Smith. 



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Doodia media, Beown. Mooee and Houlston. 



" crenulata, Schott. 



Doodya lunulata, Kunze. 



Wbodwardia lunulata, Fee. 



Doodia — Named after Mr. i)oody, a botanist. Lunulata — Crescent-leaved. 



An evergreen greenhouse species, with a graceful appearance. 



Native of New Zealand, New Holland, and Norfolk Island. 



Raised from spores in the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1834. 



The fronds, which are slender, pendulous, and narrow lan- 

 ceolate in form, are pinnate, the pinnae being oblong-obtuse, 

 rigid, and rugose; superior pinnse sessile, with a spinulose- 

 serrate margin; inferior pinnae petiolate and cordate-auriculate. 

 Pinnee widest in the centre of the frond, becoming less both 

 towards the base and apex. Base of the stipes scaly. 



Stipes and rachis pink. 



Fronds terminal, and adherent to a brief creeping rhizoma. 



Sori uniserial or biserial. 



Veins forked. 



Length of frond from twelve to eighteen inches; dull green 

 in colour; the young fronds of a delicate red colour. 

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