Cyathea celebica

Cyathea celebica (Subg. SPHAEROPTERIS, sect. Sphaeropteris, subsect. Fourniera) IDENTIFYING FEATURES: *  croziers with long pale scales and beneath this a covering of fine dark scales *  underside of frond covered with a mat of very fine pale hairs *  distinctive unfurling frond (also found in Cyathea leichhardtiana) with pinnules remaining like rows of beads, only uncurling when the rest of the frond is fully extended *  rare fern of NE Queensland (also Malaysia)