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liundi'cd species, n inety p e r cent of seedling F erns will be found
to be of tiie above-mentioned spccics.
An evergreen greenhouse F e rn .
Na tiv e of New South AVales, New H o llan d , Nep a l, and
New Zealand.
Fro n d s glabrous, slender, and d eltoid; trl-q u ad rip liin a te ; the
pinnules linear, caudate at the a p e x ; narrow linear-oblong
segments, margin crenate, apex blunt.
Stipes one h a lf the len g th of the frond, g reen when young,
afterwards red d ish b row n ; terminal, adhering to a somewhat
creeping rhizoma.
L en g th of frond three feet; colour b rig h t green.
Veins distinctly seen, being paler in colour than that of the
frond.
Sori linear, continuous to the ape.x of the pinnules, where
they frcq u e n tlj' jo in ; colour reddish brown, and prominent.
Occasionally fronds will be found with in te rru p te d sori.
Aly thanks are due to Sir Oswald Alosley, B a rt., of Kol-
leston H a ll; AI. Schott, Director of the Im p e ria l Gardens,
V ien n a ; Air. Lamb, g a rdener to F . W rig h t, E sq ., of Osmaston
Alanor; and to Air. Sim, of F o o t’s Cray, for plants of this
species.
I t is in the Catalogues of Alessrs. Rollisson, of T ootin g ;
P a rk e r, of Holloway; A. H en derson, of Pine-apple P la c e ; Veitch,
Ju n ., of Che lsea; R. Sim, of F o o t’s C ray ; Booth, of H am b u rg ;
Cooling, of D e rb y ; K en n ed y , of Covent G a rd en ; and Stansfield
and Son, of Todmorden.
T h e illustration is a portion of a frond from a plan t in my
own collection.