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TRICHOMANES. 
achillSDifolium (Willd.) A handsome tufted fern, 1 to 
feet high, from the Pliilqypine Islands, with erect, highly divided, 
[quadripinnatifid) smooth, broadly lanceolate fronds, on tall smooth 
winged stalks. Very humid and rather close. 60° to 85°. 
alatlini (Sw.) A fine tufted fern, 9 to 15 inches high, growing 
on trunks of trees in the West Indies. Fronds lanceolate, deep 
green, rather dense, twice or thrice divided (sub-tripinnatijld.) 
Veiy humid and rather close atmosphere. 55° to 80°. 
anCGpS (Hook.) A magnificent species, 1^ to 2 feet high, from 
the West Indies, forming tufts of broadly ovate, dark green, nearly 
smooth, dense, firm fronds, three or four times divided, [pinnate) 
on tall, erect, round, hairy stalks. Very humid and rather close. 
55° to 80°. 
angUStatnni (Carm.) A very slender and delicate creeping 
species fi’om South America, having bright green, thrice divided 
[pinuate) smooth fronds on hair like stalks. Pinnules very narrow. 
Veiy humid and rather close. 60° to 80°. 
attenuatum (Hook.) A most elegant fern, growing on tranks 
of trees in the West Indies. Kesembles T. alatum, hut differs in 
ha’^dng shorter, paler, more hairy, translucent fronds, with very 
attenuated and gi’acefiilly drooping ultimate divisions. Easy of 
culture in a very humid and rather close atmosphere. 65° to 80°. 
Bancroftii (Hook) A distinct and pretty species from the 
West Indies, forming star-like tufts of dense, smooth, ovate, semi- 
pellucid fronds, 3 to 5 inches high, and once or twice divided 
[siib-bijnnnatijid.) Stalks shoid, very broadly winged. Very humid, 
hut airy. 60° to 75°. 
Eojeri (Hook.) A very small species, with roundish, or attenuated 
and crenate fronds, clothing the trunks of palms and tree ferns 
in the Mauritius. Very humid. 60° to 80°. 
