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Pinna of mature Frond. 



CIBOTIUM SCHIEDEI. 



cllamisso and schlechtendal. hooker, j. smith. 



Liebmann. Martens and Galleotti. Fee. 



Link. Kunze. Schott. 



PLATE XXXV. VOL. VIII. 



Cibotium — From Jcibotion — a little chest, in reference to the form 

 of the indusium. Sc/nedei — Named in honour of Schiede. 



This is the handsomest Fern of the genus, and very dis- 

 tinct, indeed it is the most graceful large species known. An 

 arborescent species. Rising on a trunk from ten to fifteen feet 

 high, according to Galleotti. 



A stove Fern. 



Native of Guatemala and Mexico. It was found at Hacienda 



