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the IVoiul becoming g radually narrower towards tlie apex;
obtuscly-clongatc.
L en g th of frond from one to two feet; glaucous underneath.
Sori uniserial.
L ink, in his “ Filicum Species,” remarks, “ Nostrum cst P .
areolatum, Schiedei, nam Willdenowii planta minor est subtus
non glaucescens, uec tarn profiinde pinuatifida. P olyp, sporadocarpum,
Willd. sec. I lb r ., niajus quidcm est, et non tam profunde
piuuatifidum, sed tamcn valde affine ct vix specie div e rsum .” '
For a plant and fronds of this species I am in d eb ted to
Air. H en derson, of AVentworth.
I t is in th e Catalogue of Air. K en n ed y , of the Bedford
Conservatory, Covcnt Garden.
T he illustration is from a frond forwarded by Air. Henderson,
of AA'entworth.
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