The fronds, rvhich attain a length of two feet, arc hairy and
membranous. In form they are hipinnate, with oblong-obtuse
pinnules; the lower ones, and sometimes three fourths of the
pinna;, being caudate at the base, terminal, one-lohcd, and
acuminate.
1 am indebted to Messrs. Booth and Son, of Hamburg,
and iMr. Henderson, of Wentworth, for plants of this species,
and also to them, and to Mr. Norman, of H u ll, for wcll-growui
and nicely fructified fronds.
A tolerably abundant F e rn , which may be procured from
iMessrs. Veitch, of E x e te r; A. Henderson, of Pine-apple
Place; E. G. Henderson, of the Wellington N u rse ry ; E.ollissoii,
of T ooting; Backhouse, of Y o rk ; and Booth and Son, of
Hamburg.
This species requires a rick soil, with plenty of pot-room to
enable it to become a good specimen.
T he illustration is from a frond sent by Mr. Henderson, of
Wentworth.
