Deparia
(from depas, a cup; referring to the form of the involucre). Including Cionidium and Trichocarpa. ORD. Filices. A small genus of rare stove Ferns, Involucre shallowly cup-shaped, membranaceous, not two-valved. Sori protruding from the margin of the frond. For general culture, see Ferns. D. concinna (neat).* fronds bipinnate; lower pinnae more than 1ft. long, nearly 2in. broad, deeply cut in the lower part only; lobes blunt, entire, broadly oblong-rhomboidal, unequal-sided and decurrent downwards. sori two to six to a lobe. Peru. SYN. D. Matthewsii.
D. Macraei (Macray's). A synonym of D. prolifera.
D. Matthewsii (Matthews'). A synonym of D. concinna. D. Moorei (Moore's). fronds 1ft. to 1 1/2ft. long, 6in. to 9in. broad, cordate-deltoid in general outline, pinnate below; lower pinnae 6in. to 9in. long, 4in. to 6in. broad, cut down to the rachis into deeply-pinnatifid lobes. sori copious, extra marginal, or stipitate. New Caledonia. D. nephrodioides (Nephrodium-like). fronds 2ft. to 3ft. long, rather firm and shining, quadripinnate; lower pinnae stalked, under 1ft. long; pinnules deltoid, with inciso-pinnatifid lobes, 4in. long; upper ones gradually smaller, confluent and toothed only. sori marginal and prominent, but sessile, globose. New South Wales.
D. prolifera (proliferous).* fronds pinnate; lower pinnae about 6in. long, 1in. to 1 1/2in. broad, pinnatifid; lobes oblong, slightly toothed. sori four to twelve to a lobe, extra marginal, sessile or stipitate. Sandwich Islands. SYN. D. Macraei.