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little box or chest, such being the form of the seed- 
vessel of one group of ferns. 
Cibotium barometz. The Scythian Lamb -fern. Caudex 
short and thick, densely covered with long brown 
crowded hairs ; the stems hairy ; an inverted caudex 
with a hairy shoot at one end, and supported by four 
stems, forms a rude representation of a lamb, and so 
gave rise to a number of legendary fables ; fronds bi- 
pinnate, somewhat triangular-shaped, erect, 10 feet in 
length ; the sori principally on the lower part ; the 
stems are from 2 to 3 feet long. A Cochin-China fern. 
Cibotium Schiedei . Schiede’s Cibotium . Caudex as- 
cending, arborescent ; fronds bipinnate, drooping ; the 
stems and caudex woolly. Very beautiful. A native of 
Mexico. 
Cyathea arborea. Tree-like Cyathea . Caudex erect, 
ascending; fronds tripinnate, rigid, dull green, 6 to 8 
feet long; leaflets scaly underneath; stems black, and 
beset with thorns; sori cup-shaped, the spores rising 
above the cup as if overflowing. A noble fern, belong- 
ing to Jamaica. 
Cyathea dealbata . Powdered Cyathea . Caudex erect, 
tall, stout ; fronds lanceolate, bipinnate ; leaflets bluish- 
green above, lined with silver white, and veined with the 
same ; stems covered with ferruginous scales and down ; 
sori reddish-brown, freely scattered upon the white 
lining of the leaflets. The fronds are from 5 to 7 feet 
in length, and the noble fern often receives the regal 
appellation “The Silver King.” It is an article of food 
in its native country, New Zealand. 
Cyathea elegans. Elegant Cyathea . Caudex erect, tall, 
8 feet and upwards; fronds tripinnate, 10 feet long; the 
lower pin rise are spreading, but the frond tapers towards 
