136 
CHOICE GREENHOUSE FERNS. 
Ill: 
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ALSOPHILA REBECCAS. 
An elegant Tree Fern introduced from Queensland. The stem is very slender ; the fronds are 
elliptic, bipiimate, the larger pinnse hearing on each side numerous pinnules, wliieh are stalked, linear 
acuminate, with an unequal subcordate base and an inciso-crcnate margin. The texture of the frond 
is firm, the surface glabrous ; the racliis clothed on tlio upper surface with black fibrillose scales. It 
is very distinct from all other Australian Tree Ferns, and a very elegant addition to the group. 
Handsome specimens, 2 and 3 guineas ; young plants. 5s. and 7s. 6rf. 
HALSOPILA REBECCiE. 
