CHAPTER XVm. 
The Trkhomanes, or Bristle Fer 
e of the most rare among 
the lew which are very seldom met with, and that within ! 
very narrow range. Unlike in texture all the other native 
^ds exceptingthe Hymmophyllums, being quite pellucid,, 
H ^ crisped appearance im^inabK 
sPofeitses being contained 
backof the fronds. Tri< 
by its urns, or in. 
rhiile those of Evt 
v known from Hymem- 
or involucres as they are called, being 
of HymenophyUum are split lengthwise 
SEEP^T^ *t»xzzr- 
Fern, which i 
tification: and hence has a 
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Greek words^eaS^g 0 ^-, SdS^ln 
EUEOEEAJf BRISTLE FERST. [Plate X. % 1.] 
^is Fern, like many otheca has had many names. TricJio- 
Kj'SSi” b"* £<«"> “ less in ns. n-ill 
