TRICHOMANES 



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T. Strictum — stric'-tum (straight), Menzies. 



This species, native of New Zealand, has spear-shaped fronds 4in. to Gin. 

 long, three or four times divided nearly to the stalk, which is narrowly winged. 

 The crowded and spear-shaped leaflets have their lower leafits deeply cleft 

 into strap-shaped lobes, the whole being of a very pale green colour. — -Hooker, 

 Species Filicum, i., p. 136. 



T. superbum — sup-erb'-um (superb), Van den Bosch. 



This beautiful species, which requires a higher temperature than most 

 of the Trichomanes, is of very distinct habit. Its broadly-egg-shaped fronds, 

 4in. to 9in. long and 2 in. to 4in. broad, are produced from a strong, wide- 

 creeping rhizome, and their strong stalks are 2in. to oin. long and winged 

 nearly down to the base. The lower leaflets are divided more than half-way 

 to the stalk into oblong, toothed lobes. This plant, which is a native of 

 Trinidad and British Guiana, is also found in gardens under the name of 

 T. fimbriatum. — Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 78. Nicholson, Dictionary of 

 Gardening, iv., p. 82. 



T. tenerum — ten'-er-um (slender), Sprengel. 



A pretty little species, of particularly slender habit, native of Tropical 

 America. Its creeping rhizomes are very slender, though . woolly. The spear- 

 shaped, flaccid, pendulous fronds, oin. to Sin. long and ljin. broad, are three 

 times cut nearly to the rachis. The distant, flaccid leaflets are cut again into 

 deeply-cleft, pale green leafits and segments of a very transparent nature. 

 T. angustatum is a garden name for this species. — Hooker and Greville, hones 

 Filicum, t. 166. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, iv., p. 82. Lowe, New 

 and Hare Ferns, t. 67a. 



T. trichoideum— trich-o-i'-de-um (hair-like), Swartz. 



This most lovely, delicate -looking, thread-like Fern — undoubtedly the 

 most finely-divided of all kinds known in cultivation — is a native of Ecuador 

 Brazil, and the West Indies, where it grows on trunks of trees. It is of 

 upright habit, with slender, creeping rhizomes, from which its spear-shaped 

 fronds, 4in. to Sin. long and lin. to 2in. broad, are produced in abundance. 

 These fronds are borne on very slender, naked stalks lin. to 2in. long, and 



