lanceolate, and slightly glaucous; lower piunæ petiolate; upper
liinnæ sessile, adnate; all unequal at the base, hence its
name.
Fro n d s drooping, oblong-ovate in form.
The lower pinuæ of Air. H en d e rso n ’s fronds ton inches long
h y one inch and a h a lf broad, lanceolate in form, attenuated
at the apex, and also narrowed at the base, w’here th ey are
unequally developed, th e limina on the anterior side being
continued down the petiole beyond that on the posterior side.
Pinnæ in centre of frond sessile.
U p p e r pinnæ six inches long and one inch and a q u a rte r
broad, adnate-decurrent. Terminal pinnæ mostly somewhat
lobed, and being unequal at the base. Alargin of the pinnæ
crenulate.
L en g th of frond thirty -six to fifty-four inches; colour pale
green.
Stipes smooth, and pale green in colour.
Ehizoma stout, covered with scales, and growing in a branching
tufted manner.
Fro n d s annual, and a rticulated on the rhizoma.
Sori uniserial, large, circular in form, and situated n ear the
costa or midrib. Sometimes formed on the apex of a veinlet
within a costal areole, and at other times exterior to this areole,
and also at the ju n c tio n of two or more veins.
Aly obligations are due to Air. H en derson, c f AVentworth;
and Air. Thomas Aloore, Curator of the Chelsea Botanic
Gardens, for fronds of the Polypodium inæquale.
I t does not appear included in any other of the N u rs e ry men’s
Catalogues, excepting Air. E . Sim, of F o o t’s Cray.
The illustration is from a frond sent by Air. Henderson, of
Wentworth.