roi liou of mature Froml - under side.
PTERIS VESPERTIIJONIS.
L a i ì i l l . v i ìd i e r e . K u n z e . S c h o t t , MS.
XMV. VOL. III.
Litohrochia vespcrtilionis, J . S m l t h . L a h i l e a u d i e r e . B e e .
“ ]V Io oR E AND H o u l s t o n . ] ¥ e s l .
P ie r is—Brake. I'esperiiliunis—J3at-winged.
Ix THE S lî'TÏOX TjITOBÌìOCUIA OF A uT'HOUS.
T h e present species is an exceedingly handsome, glaucous-
looking Osmunda-Yike P e rn , which should be in every collection.
AVhcn room is allowed for it to grow pro p e rly , it makes
an attractlve-looking specimen.
xVn evergreen greenhouse Fern .
Na tiv e of Nerv H olland and Nerv Zealand.
Raised at the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1838.
The fronds are glabrous, widest at the base and gradually
narrowdng to a poin t; trip in n a te ; pinnæ lanceolate, opposite;
pinnules opposite, sessile, oblong-linear, acuminate, the segments
being membranous, roundish, oblong-obtnse; d e cu rren t at the
base.
Rachis and stipes glaucous, at first g reen, th en pu rp lish g re en ;
base scaly, lateral, attached to a creeping, d ark brown, scaly