Ferns: British and . C ?: R A T n p T F; ?. T S T H .1 .. f) T n 7, P. Portion of fertile Frond—uuder side. CERATOPTEEIS THALICTROIDES. Brongniart. Hooker and Bauer. Smith. Link. Presl. PLATE LXVI. VOL. II. Ellohocarpus thalictroides, siliquosum, Furcaria tJialictroides,Pteris thalictroides, esculenta, ferulacea,Ceratopteris ParTceri,Parkeria pteroides. Kaulfuss. LiNNiEUS. ^US. BUEMANJS. Desvaux. SWAETZ. WlLLDENOW. Of Gaedens. e-ichaeds. J. Smith. Mooee & Houlston. HOOKEE AND BaUEE. Ceratojpteris-^-T]ie Horn Fern. Thalictroides—Allheal. The Ceratopter


Ferns: British and . C ?: R A T n p T F; ?. T S T H .1 .. f) T n 7, P. Portion of fertile Frond—uuder side. CERATOPTEEIS THALICTROIDES. Brongniart. Hooker and Bauer. Smith. Link. Presl. PLATE LXVI. VOL. II. Ellohocarpus thalictroides, siliquosum, Furcaria tJialictroides,Pteris thalictroides, esculenta, ferulacea,Ceratopteris ParTceri,Parkeria pteroides. Kaulfuss. LiNNiEUS. ^US. BUEMANJS. Desvaux. SWAETZ. WlLLDENOW. Of Gaedens. e-ichaeds. J. Smith. Mooee & Houlston. HOOKEE AND BaUEE. Ceratojpteris-^-T]ie Horn Fern. Thalictroides—Allheal. The Ceratopteris thalictroides is a most singular Fern. It isa water-plant, growing in stagnant pools in hot climates. The 156 CERATOPTERIS THALICTROIDES. peculiar habit of the plant, and the stags-horn looking frondsrender it an interesting plant. An evergreen stove Fern. Native of the American Meridian, Asia, the East Indies,and China. It was raised from spores in the year 1834. Barren and fertile fronds different; glabrous. Sterile fronds bipinnatifid, reclining, having oblong-


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