Venation in te rn a l, uniform, and articulated.
Rhizoma creeping.
Aly thanks are due to Air. ,T. Smith, Cura to r of the Royal
Gardens, Ketv, for a frond of this ra re F e rn .
I t is in the Catalogue of Air. R o b e rt K en n ed y , of the
Bedford Conservatories, Covent Garden.
Tlie illustration is from Mr. Smith’s frond.
BOLYBODIUAI SQUAMULOSUM.
K u n z e .
P L A T E X X IX .— l ì . V O L . I I . A N D P L A T E L . VOL . I .
T h i s species was figured on P la te L . v o l. i., and described
on page 145 of th a t volume. AVhen it was described it had
not fructified in E n g la n d ; since then Air. Downs, of Ilfra combe,
forwarded me fertile fronds; and within the last two
months my own plan t has p u t on fertile fronds. U n d e r these
circumstances it has been deemed desirable to give an illustration
shewing the manner of fructification, especially as the
fertile fronds are v ery different in form, being contracted so
as to become almost linear.
The illustration is from Air. Downs’ frond.