CIBOTIUM. 99 



GENUS V. 



CIBOTIUM. Kaulfuss. 



An interesting family of large Ferns, with fronds from five 

 to fifteen feet in length. Decumbent, or erect and arborescent. 

 Fronds usually glaucous beneath. Veins forked or pinnate. 

 Venules free. Sori projecting from the margin, and always 

 on the apex of a vein. 



Tropical or subtropical, from Mexico, Assam, the Sandwich 

 and Philippine Islands. Fronds bipinnate. 



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



C. glaucum, Hooker and Arnott. Sandwich Islands. 



C. glaucescens, Kunze. Philippine Islands. 



C. Assamicum, Hooker. Assam. 



C. Chamissoi, Kaulfuss. Oahu. 



C. Menziesii, Hooker. Oahu. 



C. Schiedei, Schlechtendal. Mexico. 



There are only two species in cultivation in England. 



