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and twice cleft nearly to the midrib, are produced. The segments, few in 

 number and narrow, are either simple or forked, and of a somewhat leathery 

 texture. — Hooker and Greville, Icones Filicum, t. 211. Hooker, Synojjsis 

 Filicum, p. 79. Beddome, Ferns of Southern India, t. 208. 



T. jaYanicum — jVvan'-ic-um (Javanese), Blume. 



This very distinct species, also 

 known as T. curvatum, is a native 

 of Malaysia, Borneo, Java, and 

 Madagascar. Its rootstock, of a 

 tufted nature, is provided with nu- 

 merous strong, wiry roots. The 

 broadly- spear- shaped fronds, 2in. to 

 Sin. long and lin. to 2in. broad, 

 are borne on wiry, upright stalks 

 lin. to din. long, sometimes naked, 

 sometimes woolly ; they are once 

 fully pinnate, with the leaflets often 

 lin. long, oblong, blunt or sharp- 

 pointed, obliquely wedge-shaped at 

 the base, and finely toothed (Fig. 103, 

 reduced from Col. Beddome's "Ferns 

 of British India," by the kind per- 

 mission of the author). Although 

 their texture is somewhat leathery, 

 the fronds are beautifully trans- 

 parent. — Hooker and Greville, Icones 

 Filicum, t. 240. Nicholson, Dic- 

 tionary of Gardening, iv., p. 80. 

 Beddome, Ferns of British India, 

 t. 180. 



Fig. 103. Trichomanes javanicum 



(J nat. size). 



T. Kaulfussii — Kaul-fus'-sl-i (Kaulfuss'), Hooker and Greville. 



A very distinct species, native of the West Indies, Gruiana, and North 

 Brazil. Its broadly -spear -shaped fronds, 4in. to 12in. long and l^in. to 2in. 



