Ferns as Dyesitiffs. 



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Sadleria cyatheoides Kaulf. Enum. Fil., p. 162. — Trunk 3-10 ft. high. 

 Stipe 1-2 ft. long, naked except at the base where it is densely covered with red- 

 brown scales. Fronds 2-6 ft. long, 9-18 in. broad, bipinnatiiid. Pinnae 30-40 on a 

 side, 6-10X/2-1 in. cut down to the rachis into very numerous connected linear pin- 



FIG. 96. SADLERIA CYATHEOIDES. AMAUMAU. 



nulas, ^/g-/^ X yi in., acute or bluntish ; texture coriaceous; veins immersed and 

 inconspicuous. Sori at maturity covering the whole lower surface. Native name 

 AviaiDiiait^ not Aniamau as given by Hillebrand. (Fig- 96.) 



While it is probable that the list of vegetable d^'e stuffs is not exhausted, I am 

 unable to point to any other with certainty, although there are certain native names 

 of dyes that may be synonyms of those already enumerated, or applj^ to unidentified 

 plants. 



Memoirb B. p. B. Musedm, Vol. III.— H- 



