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TRICHOMANES ANCEPS. 



HooKEE. {Not of Wallich.) 



PLATE LXV. 



Trichomanes elegans, 

 " rigidum, 



" achillecBfolium, 



" mllosum? 



ElCHAED. 



Klotzsch. 



J. Smith. (Not of Willdenow.) 



Wallich. 



Trichomanes — From the Greek, soft hair. 



Anceps — Doubtful. 



A MOST magnificent species. 



A stove Fern. 



Native of Brazil, Dominica, Guiana, Gorgona, Singapore, 

 East Indies, and Philippine Islands. 



The fronds are pinnate, and broadly ovate in form; the 

 pinnae bi-tripinnatifid and distant; segments linear, simple, or 

 bifid. Pinnae remote, sometimes six inches in length. 



Stipes from six to eight inches in length, erect and hairy, 

 and more or less winged. Rachis very broad. 



Fronds from twelve to twenty-four inches in length; dark 

 green, almost black, opaque, dense, firm, and nearly smooth 

 and rigid. 



Involucres supra-axillary and free, cylindrical in shape, 

 tapering below. Mouth entire, much spreading, and not two- 

 lipped. 



Requires a very humid close atmosphere, with a temperature 

 ranging between 55° and 80°. 



My thanks are due to Mr. J. Smith, of Kew, for fronds. 



