lanceolate, attenuated both at the base and apex, subcoriaceous
in tex tu re , slightly wavy or u n d u la ted , and with the margins
somewhat recurved, entire or subsinnate on the margin, smooth,
punctulate, with small transp a ren t dots.
L en g th of frond about twelve inches; colour b rig h t green.
The sori round, prominent, uniserial n ear the costa, and
formed on the up p e r p a rt of the frond.
Khizoma creeping, scaly, and slender, with the fronds lateral
and articulated.
The tran sp a ren t dots in the fronds indicate the thickened
apices of the short free veins (veinlets) which bran ch out from
the sides of the series of net-work meshes in which the larger
veins are united.
F o r plants of this species I am indeb ted to Mr. Sim, of
F o o t’s C ray ; and for fronds to Air. H en derson, of AVentworth.
I t does not y e t appear in any of the Nu rse rym en ’s Catalogues,
excepting Air. Sim, of F o o t’s Cray.
The illustration is from a frond k indly forwarded b y Air.
Hen derson, of AVentworth.