Fortion of fertile Frond — under side. 



TRICHOMANES SINUOSUM. 



Richard. Lamarck. Hooker and Greville. 



PLATE X. C. VOL. VIII. 



Trichomanes quercifolium, 



Desvaux. Bory. (Not of Hookee 



AND GEEVILLE.) 



Trichomanes — From tke Greek — Soft hair. 



Sinuosum — Bended. 



A rarely-cultivated Fern, with exceedingly thin mem- 

 branaceous, pellucid fronds. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Native of Guadaloupe, and other West Indian Islands. 



Fronds pinnatifld, lanceolate in form, tapering into a stipes; 

 segments oblong-obtuse, sinuato-lobate; margin hirsute, and 

 usually also on the veins beneath. Thin and almost transparent. 



Involucres quite sunk in the segments; mouth spreading, 

 receptacle filiform, and much exserted. 



Length of frond from four to nine inches; width half an 

 inch. Colour pale green. 



My obligations are due to Mr. Sim, for fronds of this Fern. 



It may be procured of Mr. R. Sim, of Foot's Cray. 



The illustration is from Mr. Sim's frond. 



