Fro n d s lateral or terminal, adhe ren t to a short creeping
rhizoma.
Sori continuous and prominent.
L ength of frond from twelve to eighteen inches; colour vivid
]!ale green.
Tliere is a variety from In d ia called heterodactijlon, Yvhlch
differs in the stipes and rachis being pu rp lish brown in colour,
the pinnæ being all b ip a rtite , and the fronds arranged around
a scaly crown.
M y obligations are due to Air. Sim, of F o o t’s Cray, for plants
of P te ris erotica-, and to AI. Schott, Dire c to r of the Imp e ria l
Ca rdens, Vienna, for fronds.
I t may be procured of Alessrs. Sim, of F o o t’s C ray ; Rollisson,
of T ootin g ; A. H en d e rso n , of P ine-apple P la c e ; Booth, of
I lam b u rg ; K en n ed y , of Covent G a rd en ; and Stansiield and
Son, Todmorden.
The illustration is from a plan t in my own collection.
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