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130. SCaiZOCJENA, /. 8m. 



Vemniinn fasciculate, 

 ert'ct, slender, arborescent. 

 Fronds simple, pinnate or 

 bipinnatifid, 2-8 feet long, 

 smooth, stipes adherent 

 pinnae articnUited with the 

 raoliis. Veins pinnately 

 forked ; vennles free. 8ori 

 medial. Muneptacles glo- 

 bose. Indusium calyci- 

 form, ultimately deeply 

 laciniated. 



1. S. sinuata, /. Bm. 



Gen. of ,Ferns 

 (1841). Cyathea 

 sinuata, Mooh. 

 et Grev. Ic. Fil. 

 «. 106.— Ceylon. 



Genua 130. — Porfion of fertile pinna, 

 natural size i dittu enlarged. J^^. 1. 



131. CYATHEA, Sm. 



Vernation, fasciculate, erect, arborescent. Fronds bi tripinna- 



tifid, 5-15 feet long ; 

 pinnse and pinnules in 

 some species articu- 

 lated with the rachis. 

 Vei/ns forked ; venules 

 free. 8ori axUlary. 

 Jieceptaoles columnar. 

 Indusium complete 

 calyciform, its margin 

 entire or unequally 

 laciniated. 



Genus 131.— Portion of fert'le pinna, under aide, 

 N„. 6. 



* West Indian and Americcm Species. 



.. C. arborea, 8m. Polypodium arboreum, Iii/nn. {Plum. Fil. 



t.l et2). Disphenia arborea, PresZ. Oyathea elegans, 



Hew; Hook. Oen. Fil. t. 23. Cyathea Grevilleana, 



Mart: Dispheuia Grrevilleana, -Sitroae. — West Indies. 



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