DRYMOGLOSSUM. 



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D. rigidum — rig'-id-um (rigid, stiff), Hooher. 



A singular, stove species, native of Borneo, having fronds produced from 

 a firm, wide-creeping rhizome (prostrate stem). The barren ones, lin. to IJin. 

 long and half as broad, somewhat egg-shaped, and with thickened edges, are 

 borne on firm, upright stalks about lin. long ; the fertile ones, 4in. to oin. 

 long and -|in. broad, are narrowed into a stalk about as long as itself. Both 

 fronds are of a very thick and rigid texture, and the sori (spore masses) are 

 disposed in a deep groove between the broad midrib and edge. — Hooker, Species 

 Filicum, v., p. 190. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, i., p. 495. 



DRYNARIA— Dryn-a'-ri-a. See Polypodium. 

 EGENOLFIA— Eg-en-olf -i-a. See Acrostichum. 

 ELAPHOGLOSSUM— El-aph-og-los -sum. See Acrostichum. 

 EUPODIUM— Eu-pod -i-um. See Marattia. 



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