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S. cyatheoides— cy-ath-e-o-i'-des (Cyathea-like), Kaulfuss. 



This handsome species (see Plate), of recent introduction in gardens, is 

 a native of the Sandwich Islands and Sumatra. Its fronds, 4ft. to 6ft. long 

 and 9in. to 18in. broad, are borne on strong, upright stalks 6in. to 18in. 

 long, naked except at the base, where they are densely clothed with long, 

 narrow, light brown scales. The leaflets, Sin. to 12in. long and Jin. to fin. 

 broad, are cut down to the rachis into numerous connected, narrow leafits, 

 barely Jin. broad and somewhat bluntish at their extremity. The whole of 

 the leafy portion of the frond is of a leathery texture and of a very pleasing- 

 light green colour. The plant is said to form a stem 3ft. to 4ft. high, but 

 we are not aware that any of these stems have found their way to Europe, 

 the specimens in commerce being home- raised seedlings. — Hooker, Species 

 Filicum, iii., p. 65. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, iii., p. 341. 



S. squarrosa — squar-ro'-sa (scurfy), Gaudichaud. 



This species, also native of the Sandwich Islands, is very different in 

 habit from S. cyatheoides and of much smaller dimensions. Its fronds, 1ft. to 

 lift, long and 6in. broad, are borne on erect stalks 6in. to Sin. long, densely 

 clothed with rough scales of a reddish-brown colour. They are furnished 

 with twelve to eighteen pairs of narrow -spear- shaped leaflets, 3in. to 4in. long, 

 Jin. to fin. broad, cut down to the rachis into quite distinct, oblong-sickle- 

 shaped leafits of a dark green colour and leathery texture. The spore masses 

 are disposed in shorter rows, and these are also situated farther from the 

 midrib, than in S. cyatheoides. — Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 187. 



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SAGENIA — Sag-e'-m-a. See Nephrodium. 

 SALPICHL^ENA — Sal-pich-ke'-na. See Blechnum. 

 SCHAFFNERIA— SchafF-ner'-i-a. See Scolopendrium. 



