



Portion of pinna of fertile Frond— under side 



TrIICHIOCARPA MOORII 



J. Smith. 



PLATE XXXVIT. VOL. VIII. 



Deparia Moorii, 

 Cionidium Moorii, 



Hooker. 

 Moore. 



Trichiocarpa — From the Greek tricJios — a hair, and Icarpos — fruit, in 



allusion to the spores being on a hair-like stem. Moorii — In honour 



of Mr. Thomas Moore, of the Chelsea Botanic Gardens. 



An interesting species, and rare in cultivation. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of New Caledonia. 



The fronds deltoid, bi-tripinnatifid, and membranaceo-herba- 

 ceous. The pinnae distant, pinnate below and pinnatifid decur- 

 rent above. Pinnules lanceolate, sinuose-lobed or pinnatifid. 

 Veins pinnatcly forked from a central costa; venules reticulated, 



