Portion of Frond— under side. 



HYMENODIUM CEINITUM. 



Fe£. J. Smith. Willdenow. Kaulfuss. 



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Acrostichum crinitum, 



a (I 



(( (( 



Dictyoglossuvt " 



(< n 



Olfersia ct'inifa, 



LiNN^us. KuNZE. Speengel. 



LlEBMANN. SWARTZ. PlUMIEE. 

 HOOKEE AND GrEEVILLE. (Not of 



Maetens and Galleotti.) 

 J. Smith. Mooee & Houlston. 



SCHOTT. 



Presl. 



Hymenodium — Like skin. 



Crinitum — Hairy. 



A VERY singular-looking and very dissimilar Fern, distinct 

 from all others, and perhaps the most extraordinary Fern in 

 cultivation. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Native of the West Indies, Jamaica, and Mexico. Liebmann 

 says that he procured it in Mexico from Hacienda de Zacuapan, 

 (the Farm of Zacuapan,) where it grew in cracks of rocks. 



The fronds, which are very thick and simple, are terminal, 

 oval-elliptical in form, the fertile fronds being shorter than the 

 sterile ones, coriaceous, and somewhat contracted. The edge 



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