P . deflexum is graceful, and well deserving to be generally
cultivated.
T h e fronds, which are glabrous, are pinnate, th e pinnæ being
lanceolate-acuminate in form, deflexed, coriaceous, and undulated.
T h ey are rounded at the base, aud articulated with the rachis;
the lower ones freq u en tly divided.
T h e frond, which varies from one to two feet in length, is
of a heavy dull green colour.
Stipes and rachis very d ark green. L ate ra l, articulated on a
creeping rhizoma, which is covered with brown scales.
Sori biserial and prominent.
My thanks are due to Sir Oswald Mosley, B a rt., of Eolleston
H a ll, near Burto n -o n -T ren t, for plants of the present species,
and to Mr. H en derson, of AVentworth, and to Mr. Norman, of
H u ll, for fronds.
I t does n o t appear to be a common Nurse rym an ’s plant, it
may however be pro cu red of Messrs. Kollisson, of Tooting,
near London.
More generally known as the Goniophlebium deflexum.
T h e illustration is from a plan t in my own possession.