Pinnule of fertile Frond- - under side. 



CYATHEA MEDULLARIS. 



SWARTZ. SCHKUHR. J. SMITH. HOOKER. 



PLATE LVII. VOL. VIII. 



Poly podium medullar e, 



ajfine, 

 Sphceropteria medullar! s, 

 Cyatliea affinis, 



" extensa, 



Alsophila " 

 Cyatliea Mertensiana, 



Foestee. 



FoESTEE. 



Beenhaedi. 



SWAETZ, (Not of SCHKUHE.) 



swaetz. schkuhe. 

 Desvaux. Hookee & Aenott. 



BoNGAED. 



Cyatliea — A little cup, (the form of the indusium.) Medullaris — Pithy. 



A magnificent rare Fern, very distinct. In New Zealand 

 it forms a common article of food for the natives. 



An evergreen warm greenhouse species. 



Native of New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Pacific Islands, New 

 Guinea, and Otaheite. 



The fronds are bi-tripinnate, glabrous, and coriaceous. The 

 pinnules broadly-lanceolate, acuminate, and attenuated, mostly 

 sub-opposite or alternate; profoundly pinnatifid, sessile, with few 

 small scales beneath. Segments linear-oblong and serrated, those 

 next the rachis pinnatifid. 



Sori very copious, occupying a lobe, and nearly as broad as 

 the space between the costa and the margin; orange-yellow in 

 colour. Indusium circular, shining, and membranaceous. 



