MONOGRAMME. 



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M. trichoidea — trich-6-i^-de-a (hair-like), /. Smith. 



A pretty and distinct species, native of the Philippines, producing from 

 a very slender rhizome (prostrate stem) its thread- or hair-like fronds Sin. to 

 4in. long, densely crowded in turf-like patches. The fertile ones are dilated 

 in two or three places for a space of ^in., and there bear the spore masses in 

 a longitudinal furrow, with a high raised edge on both sides. — Hooher^ Species 

 Filicum, v., p. 123. 



MYRIOPTERIS— My-ri-op'-ter-is. See Cheilanthes. 

 NEOTTOPTERIS— Ne-ot-top'-ter-is. See Asplenium. 



