Portion of mature Frond— under side. 



ALSOPHILA AUSTRALIS. 



R. Brown. Hookee. Sieber. J. Smith. Presl. Fee, 

 Sprengel. Desvaux. Moore. Kunze. Brackenridge. 



PLATE LXIII. VOL. VIII. 



Alsophila — From alsos, a grove, and philos, to live, alluding to the 

 habitat of the Ferns. Australia — Australian. 



A handsome rare Fern. 



An evergreen warm greenhouse species. 



Native of New Holland and Tasmania. 



Fronds glabrous, bipinnate, and ovate-lanceolate in form, the 

 pinnules (which are only from two to four inches in length,) 

 are linear-lanceolate in form, acuminate, and profoundly pinna- 

 tifid, segments ovate-acute. Stipes and rachis muricate, base 

 scaly. 



Veins simple and forked. 



Sori from one to four, situated on the basal portion of the 

 segment. 



Length of frond from ten to thirteen feet; colour pale green, 

 somewhat glaucous beneath; caudex arborescent, the stems rising 

 to the height of thirty feet, and being about three feet in 

 circumference near the base. 



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