pii I
A native of tropical America,—Brazil, Illiios, Guiana, Amazon,
New Grenada, Mexico, Guayaquil, P e ru , West Indian Islands,
Jamaica, T rin id ad , Dominica, and Guadaloupe.
'I'lie fronds are hipinnate, pinnæ oblong-acuminate, from five
to seven lateral ones, horizontal, the terminal one being elongated
; pinnules ovate-oblong, obtusely acuminate, Avedge-sbaped
at the base, the u p p e r base being para lle l with the rachis.
Sterile jiinnules obscurely lobate, serrate. The fertile pinnules
have a se rra ted apex.
Stipes angular, ebeneous, rachis fe rrugineo-hirsute, attached
to a creeping elongate caudex.
Sori large, oblong, numerous.
L ength of frond from one to two feet; colour deep green.
T'hcrc are several F e rn s very n early allied to this. A . qjri-
onophijllum, H o o k e r; A . fru c tu o sum , H o o k e r; A . triangulatum,
Ivanlfuss.
Mv thanks are due to Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, for a
plant of this F e rn ; and to Messrs. H en d e rso n , of W en tw o rth ;
Mrs. R ib y , of P ap p lew ick ; Messrs. Booth, of H am b u rg ; Messrs.
Stansfield and Son, Vale Gardens, T o dmorden; and Mr. N o r man,
of H u ll, for fronds.
I t is in the F e rn Catalogues of Messrs. Booth, of H am b u rg ;
Masters, of C a n te rb u ry ; Rollisson, of T ooting; Veitch, Ju n ., of
Che lsea; Stansfield, of T o dmorden; and P a rk e r, of Holloway.
T h e illustration is from a frond given to me b y Mr. J .
Smith, the able Cura to r of the Royal Gardens, Kew.
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