TRLCHOMANES. 



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GENUS II. 



TRICHOMANES. Smith. 



A pretty dwarf genus with membranaceous pellucid fronds, 

 varying from simple to decompound multifid. 



Veins simple or forked, free. 



Sori terminal, frequently sunk within the segments, on which 

 they are placed. 



Indusium tubular, or urceolate, the receptacle continued be- 

 yond the sporangia and mouth of the indusium, frequently 

 elongated and filiform. 



There is one British representative, the Trichomanes radicans. 



Most of the species inhabit warm climates. 



Very few are cultivated in this country. 



Sir W. J. Hooker, in his "Species Filicum," enumerates the 

 following species: — 



Elegans, Budge, Central 



America. 

 Spicatum, Hedwig, Guiana. 

 Nanum, Bory, Guiana. 

 Reniforme, Forster, New 



Zealand. 

 Membranaceum, Linnceus, 



West Indies. 

 Punctatum, Poiret, Martinique. 

 Reptans, Sivartz, Jamaica. 

 Bojeri, Hooker and Greville, 



Mauritius. 

 Muscoides, Swartz, West Indies. 

 Krausii, Hooker and Greville, 



Dominica. 



Erosum, Willdenow, W Africa. 

 Pusillum, Swartz, Jamaica. 

 Apodum, Hooker and Greville, 



Barbadoes. 

 Parvulum, Poiret, Java. 

 Proliferum, Blume, Java. 

 Minutum, Blume, Java. 

 Bifolium, Blume, Java. 

 Digitatum, Swartz, Mauritius. 

 Flabellatum, Bory, Falkland 



Islands. 

 Cuspidatum, Willdenow, 



Bourbon. 

 Intramarginale, Hooker and 



Greville, Ceylon. 



