Pinnule of mature Frond -under side. 



CYATHEA CANALICULATA. 



Willdenow. Hooker. J. Smith. Sprengel. 



PLATE LV. VOL. VIII. 



Cyathea Borbonica, 

 " Mascarena, 

 " melanocaula, 



Poieet. 



SWAETZ. 



Desvaux. 



Cyathea — A little cup, (the form of the indusium.) 

 Canaliculata — Channelled. 



This magnificent rare species is very distinct, and of large 

 size, the pinnules being usually from eight to ten inches long, 

 and two inches and a half wide, and in the variety Latifolia 

 much larger. 



A warm greenhouse evergreen species. 



Native of Madagascar, Mauritius, and Isles of France and 

 Bourbon. 



Fronds bipinnate, coriaceous, the pinnules glabrous, of large 

 size, and broadly lanceolate in form; profoundly pinnatifid, the 

 ultimate pinnules linear-oblong and serrated. 



Veins twice or three times forked. 



Sori situated at some distance from the costa, but occupying 

 most of the segment. 



Indusium membranaceous, but durable. 



The caudex is shorter, and the frond broader and thicker 

 than Cyathea excelsa. 



