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78 P LA TY LOMA SA G IT TA TA .
A somewhat deciduous, warm greenhouse F e ru , from ile x ic o .
Raised from spores at the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year
1842.
Fronds- trian g u la r, h ip in n a te ; pinnules cordate-lanceolate,
having the singular p ro p e rty of rolling the margins u n d e r, and
thus becoming arrow-shaped; stalked, smooth, glaucous.
Sori linear, continuous, b ro ad ; indusium narrow.
Rachis and stipes pale brown, lateral, adhe ren t to a b rief
creeping rhizoma.
L en g th of frond from eighteen inches to two feet; colour
glaucous green.
h ly thanks are duo to Mr. Sim, of F o o t’s Cray, for a plant
of this species; aud to M. Schott, Director of the Imp e ria l
Gardens at S chonhrunn, n ear V ien n a ; Mr. J . H en derson, of
Mtoiitworth; and to ]\Ir. Norman, of H u ll, for fronds.
I t is in the F e rn Catalogues o f Messrs. Sim, of F o o t’s C ray ;
Rollisson, o f T ooting; Veitch, Ju n ., of Chelsea; A. H en derson,
o f P in e -ap p le P la c e ; P a rk e r, of Ho lloway; Booth, of F lamburg;
K en n ed y , of Covcnt G a rd en ; and Stansfield and Son, of the
Vale Gardens, Todmorden.
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