staghorn

You see here the elk or staghorn fern, which grows as a parasite on the palm or the petosperum of New Zealand.

Among the captains was rather a fine-looking man, a Captain Staghorn, commanding the Daring frigate.

Still, I expected to see Captain Staghorn sitting upright, with his disagreeable companion by his side.

Staghorn sumach (Rhus hirta) is of a different species but of the same genus.

This is a sub-variety of the Staghorn Endive, and comparatively of recent introduction.