MARATTIA. 



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GENUS II. 



MARATTIA. Smith. 



Fronds erect, subarboreous, the fronds rising from between 

 two fleshy appendages, (which occasionally have the character 

 of abnormal fronds.) Fronds bi-tripinnate. Yeins simple or 

 forked, and free. Sori biserial. 



Mr. Smith, in the "Ferns of Kew," enumerates — 



M. alata, J. Smith, "West Indies. 

 M. elegans, Endlicher, New 

 Zealand. 



M. cicutsefolia, Kaulfuss, Brazil. 

 M. Ascensionis, J". Smith, Island 

 of Ascension. 



