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TRICHOMANES SCANDENS. 



LiNNiEus. Hooker. Swartz. Willdenow. Sloane. 

 {Not of Hedwig or Plumiee.) 



PLATE LXII. A. 



TricJiomanes — From the Greek, soft hair. Scandens — Climbing. 



A LOVELY delicate stove species, climbing very rapidly on 

 trees. 



Native of Jamaica and Mexico. 



The fronds are bipinnate, ovate-acuminate in form, and 

 curving; the pinnae, which are lanceolate, are bipinnatifid, the 

 ultimate pinnte decurrent; segments oblong, margin ciliated; 

 involucres small, and quite buried in the brief lateral segments. 

 Obscurely two-lipped, the lips spreading. 



Costa, rachis, and stipes covered with tawny hairs; caudex 

 long, brownish, creeping, and tomentose. 



Length of frond from fifteen to eighteen inches. Colour 

 very pale green. 



Cultivation. A humid airy atmosphere, with a temperature 

 of from 50° to 70°. 



Found creeping on Tree Ferns and palms. 



My thanks are due to Mr. Backhouse, of York, for the 

 frond illustrated. This well-known Nurseryman has a magnifi- 

 cent collection of Trichomanes and Hymenophyllums , many of 

 them exceedingly handsome, and not to be found in any other 

 collection in this country. 



