DEPARIA. 



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Species. 



D. concinna — con-cin'-na (neat), Baker. 



This species, generally found in gardens under the name of B. Matthewsii, 

 is a very elegant Fern, with fronds bipinnate (twice cut to the midrib) and of 

 a somewhat leathery texture. The lower leaflets, fully 1ft. long and 2in. broad, 

 are cut down to the rachis (stalk) in their lower part, but become nearly entire 

 towards their extremity ; their lobes are entire, blunt, unequal- sided, and 

 decurrent (partially united to the midrib downwards). The slightly- stalked sori 

 (spore masses) are disposed two to six to a lobe, round the edge of which they 

 are placed. — Hooker, Species Filicum, i., p. 75, t. 30b. Nicholson, Dictionary 

 of Gardening, i., p. 459. 



D. Macraei — Mac-rae'-i (Macray's). Synonymous with D. prolifera. 



D. Matthewsii— Mat-thews'-i-i (Matthews'). A synonym for D. concinna. 



D. Moorei — Moor'-e-i (Moore's), Hooker. 



An interesting species, and probably the prettiest of the genus ; it has 

 been named Cionidium Moorei by T. Moore, and Trichocarpa Moorei by 

 J. Smith, and is a native of New Caledonia, where it has been gathered by 

 Charles Moore and by Lenormand. D. Moorei is a very conspicuous-looking 

 Fern, inasmuch as the sori (spore masses) are situated at the apex of the veins 

 and extend beyond the margins of the fertile fronds. All the fronds are 1ft. to 

 l^ft. long, 6in. to 9in. broad, heart-shaped and triangular, and of a thin, papery 

 texture ; their lower portion is pinnate (divided to the midrib), but their upper 

 portion is only pimiatifid (divided nearly to the midrib). The lower leaflets of 

 the fertile fronds, 6in. to 9in. long and 4in. to 6in. broad, are cut down 

 to the rachis (stalk) below into broadly-toothed lobes (Fig. 38), on the 

 margins of which the numerous and distinctly- stalked sori are situated. — 

 Hooker, Exotic Ferns, t. 28. Nicholson, Dictmiary of Gardening, i. p. 459. 



D. nephrodioides— Neph-ro-di-o-i'-des (Nephrodium-like), Baker. 



This is the strongest-growing species of the genus, and is a native of 

 Lord Howe's Island. Its fronds, IJft. to 2ft. long, are nearly triangular and 

 quadripinnate (four times divided to the midrib). The lowest leaflets, which are 



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