104 D O RY O I 'T EU I S I’Al.M ITA .
Rcooivod into the Koyal Ca rdens, Kew, in 1840, from the
Messrs. l.oddigcs.
'I’he fronds, which are glabrous, are digitatcly-palmatc, coriaceous,
drooping, segments liuear-acuminate, pinnatified. Stipes
near the base squamlferous, terminal, adhe ren t to a short
creeping rhizoma.
Sori linear, continuous; indusium plane.
L en g th of frond twelve inches; colour b rillian t green.
F o r plants of this species I am indebted to Messrs. A eitch,
of E x e te r; Air. Alasters, of C a n te rb u ry ; Air. In g ram , of the
llo y a l Gardens, AVhiidsor; and Alessrs. E . G. H en derson, of
St. Jo h n ’s W o o d ; and for fronds to AI. Schott, of the Imperial
Gardens, Vienna, and to Air. Aloore, of th e Chelsea Botanic
Gardens.
I t is in the Catalogues of Alcssrs. E . G. H en derson, of St.
J o h n ’s Wood; Bass and Brown, of S u d b u ry ; Osborn, of F'ul-
ham ; Veitch, of E x e te r; Sim, of F o o t’s C ray ; AYitcli, Ju n ., of
Chelsea; Alasters, of C a n te rb u ry ; llollisson, of T ootin g ; P a rk e r,
of Ho lloway; Stansfield, of T odmorden; and K en n ed y , of
Covent Garden.
The illnstration is from a .p la n t in my own collection.
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