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Fronds large, beneath subpubcsccnt and bipinnatifid. Stem
brown at the base of the frond. Fronds sessile, elongate, and
profoundly pinnatifid; segments linear-lanceolate and obtuse.
Sori in lines, eventually confluent, uniserial, minute, and from
ten to twelve pairs on each segment.
Pinnæ opposite or sub-opposite and hirsu te , apex acuminate.
Veins simple and semitransparent.
The substance of the frond is thin, and densely b u t minutely
pubescent.
A singularly delicate-looking species, the sori being very
minute.
I t has not yet spread into our E nglish collections, excepting
the magnificent one of the Royal Gardens, Kew.
F o r a frond I am indebted to Mr. J . Smith, Curator of the
Royal Gardens, Kew.
I t is not in any N u rse rym an ’s list.
The illustration is from Air. Smith’s frond.
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