TRICHOMANES. 
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T, Colensoi (Hook.) A small species from New Zealand with, 
slender dark-green pinnate fronds, with narrow segments 
curving to one side. 45° to 60°. 
yj coriaceum (Kunze) ? A most lovely fern from the West Indies , 
allied to T. Bancroftii , but differing in its larger and exces- 
sively crisped and undulated, thrice divided ( tri-pinnatifid ) 
fronds, and much more numerous involucres. Grows among 
moss and on trees. 60° to 70°. 
y. crinitum (Sw.) Forms charming tufts of broadly oblong, very 
glaucous, twice divided (pinnate) fronds, covered with soft 
white hairs. Stalks round, very hairy. West Indies. Dis- 
likes water on the fronds. 50° to 70°. 
^ crispum (Linn.) A handsome and distinct species, 15 to 20 
inches high, from the West Indies , forming tufts of narrow, 
glaucous, hairy, once divided (pinnate) fronds, on tall round 
hairy stalks. Pinnae very blunt, sometimes crowded and 
beautifully crisped. 55° to 70°. 
yL elegans (Kudge.) A very distinct fern from the West Indies , 
forming tufts of very dark green, shining, spreading, once 
divided (pinnatifidj sterile fronds, 9 to 12 inches long ; and 
extremely narrow, undivided fertile fronds on erect stalks 
in the centre. 60° to 75°. 
% elongatum (A. Cunn.) A tufted fern, 6 to 12 inches high, 
from New Zealand , with very dense, triangular-ovate, dark 
green, rigid fronds on erect wiry stems. 50° to 65°. 
Y exsectum (Kunze.) A most lovely creeping fern, pendent from 
the roofs of caverns in Southern Chili. Fronds extremely 
delicate and membranaceous, 9 to 12 or 14 inches long, and 
5 or 6 inches wide, highly divided ( tri-pinnatifid ) ; like thin, 
flat, much branched, green sea-weed, with narrow segments. 
Stalks almost hair-like. 45° to 60°. 
