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a ttention, anil producing a noblc-lookiug specimen wlicn p ropcrly
grown.
I t Avas raised at the Royal Gardens, Kcav', in the year 1834,
and is noAV very generally cultivated in Great Britain.
A n evergreen greenhouse species, v ery ornamental.
A native of N cav Zealand and N cav Holland.
Fro n d s pubescent, pedate, branches linear, narroAv, acuminate,
p in n a te ; Avith numerous pin n u le s, Avhich are dimidiate, bluntly
oblong, Avcdge-shaped at th e base, margin crenate.
F e n g th of frond from one foot to eighteen inches. Colour
deep green.
Sori small, numerous, from tAvclve to sixteen on a p in n u le ;
indusium rcniform and hairy.
Fro n d s termina l, nearly all fei'tilc, rising out of a soniCAvhat
tu fted rhizoma.
My thanks are due to ]Mr. In g ram , of the Royal Gardens,
Windsor, and Mr. H en d e rso n , of WentAVorth, for plants of this
species; and to the la tte r gentleman, Mrs. Riley , of Rapplewick,
and Mr. N orman, of H u ll, for fronds.
This species is in the F e rn Catalogues of Messrs. F._G. H e n derson,
of St. Jo h n ’s W o o d ; Rollisson, of T ooting; A. H en d e rso n ,
of r iu e -a p p le P la c e ; V e itch , of E x e te r; Sim, of F o o t’s Cray;
Masters, of C a n te rb u ry ; P a rk e r, of liolloAvay; Booth and Son,
of H am b u rg ; and E . Cooling, of D erby.
The illustration is from a plan t in my own collection.
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