five inclu's, width three quarte rs of an inch, the lower ones
standing forwards. The edges slightly recurved.
Stipes hairy at the base, circular, anil for about, throe inches
below the lowest pinnæ a narrow d e cn ircn t portion runs on
each side the pinnæ down the stipes.
TiCngtli of frond twenty-eight inches, of whicli twelve inches
is n ak ed ; colour dull green.
Rhizoma creeping, branched, and partially covered with brown
net-work scales, giving it a spotted appearance.
A eins pale green, semi-transparent, forked, having club-headed
apices, on which the sori are formed.
Sori unise ria l; colour reddish brown.
F o r a plant of this species I am indeb ted to AI. Schott, of
the Imperial Gardens of Ahenna.
I t is not in any of the N u rse rym en ’s Catalogues.
The illustration is from a plan t in my own collection.
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