Sadleria
(named after Joseph Sadler, Professor of Botany at Pesth). ORD. Filices. A genus comprising only a couple of species of arborescent, stove ferns, natives of the Sandwich Islands and Sumatra. Sori in a continuous line, close to the midrib on both sides, placed on an elevated receptacle; involucre narrow, sub-coriaceous, at first wrapped over the sorus, afterwards spreading. Only one of the species has been introduced to our gardens. It is a fine plant, combining the habit of a small Cyathea with the fructification of a Blechnum. For general culture, see Ferns.
S. cyatheoides (Cyathea-like). cau. 3ft. to 4ft. high. sti. strong, erect, 6in. to 18in. long, naked except at the base, and there clothed with long-linear scales. fronds 4ft. to 6ft. long, 9in. to 18in. broad; pinnae 8in. to 12in. long, 1/2in. to 3/4in. broad, cut down to the rachis into very numerous, connected, linear pinnules, 3/8in. to 1/2in. long, acute or bluntish. Sandwich Islands, 1877. (G. C. n. s., vii. p. 761.)