in form, coriaceous, rounded at the base, the lower pairs fre quently
proliferous at the base of the pinnæ. L a te ra l, adherent
to a stout, creeping rhizoma. Stipes d a rk coloured near the
base. H ab it somewhat erect. Veins pinnate and curved.
Sori linear, medial, arcuate, eventually confluent.
L ength of frond from thirty -six to sixty inches; length of
pinnæ from six to ten inches; colour a lively green.
In tro d u c ed into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1837, by Messrs.
Loddiges.
F o r fronds I am indebted to Mr. J . Smith, Eoyal Gardens,
K ew ; Air. Thomas Aloore, of the Botanic Gardens, Chelsea;
Air. Clarke, Curator of the Eoyal Botanic Gardens, Glasgow;
and to Air. Joseph Hen d e rso n , of Wentworth.
I t may be procured of Air. Sira, of F o o t’s C ray ; Alessrs. E .
G. H en derson, of St. Jo h n ’s Wood; A. Hen d e rso n , of Pine-apple
P la c e ; and Veitch, of Chelsea.
T h e illustration is from a frond forwarded by Mr. Clarke, of
Glasgow.
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