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on the anterior edge of each final lobe ; they are globose, prominent, but sessile 

 (stalkless). — Hooker^ Synopsis Filicum, p. 463. Nicholson, Dictionary of 

 Gardening, i., p. 459. 



D. prolifera — pro-lif-er-a (proliferous or bud-bearing), Hooler. 



A native of the Sandwich Islands, also known as I). Macrwi. It has 

 fronds only once pinnate ; the lower leaflets, 6in. to 9in. long and lin. 

 to IJin. broad, are pinnatifid throughout, the divisions extending within a 

 short distance of the rachis (stalk) ; their lobes, oblong, slightly toothed, of 

 a thin, papery texture, and light green in colour, are disposed with a space 

 often equalling their own breadth between them. The fronds occasionally bear 

 young plants at their point, hence the specific name. The sori (spore masses), 

 four to twelve to a lobe, are sometimes sessile (stalkless) and sometimes short- 

 stalked, but always situated on the very margin of the lobes. — Hooker, SjJecies 

 Filicum, i., p. 85. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, i., p. 459. Lowe, 

 Ferns British and Exotic, viii., t. 38. 



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