202 ANEM1DICTYON PHYLLITIDIS. 



Anemidictyon — From aneimon — naked, in reference to the naked inflorescence, 



and diktuon — a net, in reference to the reticulated venation. 



Phylliiidis — Phyllitis-like. 



A singular Osmu?ida-\ook\ng flowering Fern, of which there 

 are several distinct forms. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Native of the West Indies, Jamaica, Island of Trinidad, 

 Brazil, Peru, Columbia, Venezuela, New Grenada, Mexico, and 

 Caraccas. Amongst Mexican stations Liebmarm found it at 

 three thousand feet above the sea, at Mirador and Oajaca, 

 and at four thousand feet at Chinantla: Schiede found it at 

 Jalapa, and Galleotti at Zacuapan. 



Raised in the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1829. 



Fronds pinnate, the fertile ones ternately branched, the two 

 lateral branches distinct, erect, and fertile; the terminal one 

 spreading and sterile. Fronds triangular and stipitate; the 

 pinnae, from three to five pairs, and an ultimate one, entire, 

 and ovate-lanceolate in form. Veins forked; venules reticulated. 



Rhizoma brief and erect. 



Spore-cases sessile, biserial on the ultimate segments, and 

 oval in form. 



Length of frond from twelve to twenty inches; colour a 

 pale green. 



Of the many forms of Anemidictyon phyllitidis, the variety 

 Longifolium is found in Brazil and Peru; the variety Cordifo- 

 lium also in Brazil and Peru, and in Venezuela, Caraccas, 

 and Mexico; whilst the varieties Fraxim 'folium and Laciniatum 

 are both Brazilian. 



Stipes lengthy. 



For plants my thanks are due to M. Schott, Director of the 

 Imperial Gnrdens of Schonbriinn, Vienna; Mr. Stratton, Curator 

 of the Cambridge Botanic Gardens; Mr. J. Henderson, of Went- 

 worth; Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting; and Booth, of Hamburg. 



It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Sim, of Foot's Cray; 

 Rollisson, of Tooting; Veitch, of Chelsea; Jackson, of Kingston; 

 E. G. Henderson, of Wellington Nursery; A. Henderson, of 

 Pine-apple Place; Kennedy, of Covent Garden; Stansfield, of 

 Todmordcn; Cooling, of Derby; and Booth, of Hamburg. 



The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 



