TKICHOMANES. 
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fC T, rigidum (Sw.) A fine tufted fern, 9 to 12 inches high, from 
West Indies, &c., with, broadly ovate, rigid, dark green, 
3 or 4 times divided ( li-pinnate ) fronds, on erect round wiry 
stalks. 55° to 75°. The typical form has nearly flat and 
rather dense fronds. 
scandens (Linn.) A lovely and delicate fern, 15 to 18 inches 
long, from the West Indies , with slender, ovate, attenuated, 
four times divided ( li-pinnate ), curving fronds, of a very 
pale green. Stalks long wiry. Creeps on tree ferns and 
palms. 55° to 70°. 
Sellowianum (Presl.) A most charming fern allied to T. 
cri spurn, but with much taller and more tufted fronds, 
( 1 1 crispum “runs” like Polij podium vulgare ). Pinnules less 
obtuse ; lower ones deflexed. Fronds 1 \ feet high, extremely 
pellucid. 60° to 75°. 
% sinuosum (Rich.) An extremely delicate pendent species, 
climbing on trees in the West Indies , with slightly divided 
(pinnatijid), pale green, pellucid fronds, narrowing into very 
short winged stalks. Lobes blunt, hairy at the margin. 
60° to 75°. 
speciosum (Willd.) See T. radicans. 
tL spicatum (Hedw.) Resembles T. elegans , but smaller in all its 
parts. Fronds 3 to 6 inches high, and with narrower 
pinnules. Fertile fronds on separate stalks. Involucres 
unconnected. West Indies. 55° to 75°. 
* thujoides (Desv.) A handsome tufted species, 9 to 18 inches 
high, from the Mauritius , with ovate attenuated, thrice 
divided ( tri-pinnatifid ) fronds on erect round stalks, hairy 
at the base and winged above. 60° to 7 5°. 
