Portion of fertile branch— under side. 



GLEICHENIA FLABELLATA. 



Brown. Hooker. Labillardiere. Moore. J. Smith. 



PLATE L. VOL. VIII. 



Mertensia jldbellata, 



J. Smith. 



Gleichenia — Named in honour of Baron P. F. Von Gleichen, a German 

 botanist. Flabellata — Fan-shaped. 



In the Section Mertensia of Authors. 



An exceedingly beautiful species, making a magnificent speci- 

 men. Habit erect, having an upright stipes, terminated by 

 flabelliform fronds, consisting of several distinct series of two 

 to four horizontal fan-shaped branches, and each again branching. 



A warm greenhouse species. 



Native of New Holland, Tasmania, New Caledonia, and New 

 Zealand. 



Introduced by Mr. R. Gunn, into the Royal Gardens, Kew, 

 in 1845. 



The fronds are two or three times dichotomous, proliferous, 

 and flabelliform, the branches being lanceolate in form, ascending, 

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