Jtutuic Fronds, natural size. 



TRICIIOMANES BOJERI. 



Hooker and Gueville. 



Tric/wmanes undulatam, AVallich. 



Trichomanes — From the Greek, soft bair. Bojeri — After Bojer. 



A VERY small species, clothing tlie trunks of Tree Ferns and 

 palms. 



Native of the ^laiiritius. 



Fronds erect, simple, membranaceous, flabclliform, and lobed ; 

 the lobes rounded, subcrenate, and soriferous; the margins 

 perfectly glabrous. 



Veins flabellate and dichotomous. Stipes elongated. 



Involucres subcylindrical, the base attenuated; entirely buried 

 in the frond, the mouth concave, spread out, scarcely two-lipped ; 

 the receptacles considerably exserted. 



Caudex creeping and tomentose. 



Requires a very humid atmosphere, ranging in temperature 

 between 60° and 80°. 



]Mv thanks are due to ilr. J. Smith, of Kew, for fronds. 



