Portion of barren branch— under side. 



GLEICHENIA DICHOTOMA. 



Willdenow. Hooker. Schkuhr. Martius. 

 Langsdorff and Fischer. Sieber. Moore. J. Smith. 



PLATE LI. VOL. VIII. 



Mertensia discolor, 

 " Sieberi, 



" Hookeri, 



flexuosa, 

 pusilla, 

 mucronata, 

 " dichotoma, 



Polypodium dichotomum, 

 Gleichenia lanigera, 

 " Sermanni, 



" rigida, 



Sticherus laniger, 



ScHRADER. 



Peesl. 



J. Smith. Bumphius. 



Martius. 



Martius. 



Beinwardt. 



Willdenow. Schkuhr. 



Langsdorff and Fischer. 



Thunberg. 



Don. 



Brown. (Not of Hooker 



AND GrREVILLE.) 



J. Smith. 

 Presl. 



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

 botanist. Dichotoma — Divided into two. 



In the Section Mertensia of Authors. 



A handsome distinct species, varying considerably in different 

 localities: strong-growing, with erect habit. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



