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like hairs on their up p e r surface: occasionally fronds are found
with the hairs nniuerous and la rg e , both on the up p e r and
un d e r surface.
Colour of the frond a vivid green.
Stipes and rachis, slender and glabrous, shining and ebeneous;
lateral, attached to a creeping rhizoma, which is slender.
L en g th of frond, occasionally twelve inches, more than h a lf
of the rachis being naked.
Fo r plants of this species, I am indebted to Mr. In g ram , of
E elvoir Castle; Mr. E. G. H en derson, of St. J o h n ’s AVood;
and Mr. Masters, of the E xotic N u rse ry , C a n te rb u ry ; and for
fronds to Mr. Henderson, of Wentworth.
I t is in the F e rn Catalogues of Messrs. A. H en derson, of
Pine-apple P lace; E . G. H en derson, of the Wellington N u rse ry ;
Rollisson, of T ooting; Sim, of F o o t’s C ray ; Veitch, Ju n ., of
Chelsea; P a rk e r, of Ho lloway; and E . Cooling, of Derby.
The illustration is from a plant in my own collection.
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