36 C H E IL A N T H E S R A B IA T A .
Ranchoeii Cabrestros at Rio N au tla , in the d epartment of V e ra
Cruz, Columbia, and P e ru .
Cultivated in the E o y a l Gardens, K ew , in 1827.
T h e fronds are p innate, digitate, and glabrous; branches
linear and radiating. Segments oblong-obtuse, approximate,
numerous, petiolate, snb-imbricate, a rticulated at the base,
auriculate, and having a crenate margin.
Rachis and stipes ebeneous; termina l, and ad h e ren t to a
fasciculate erect rhizoma.
L en g th twelve inches.
Sori conspicuous, and often crowded. In d u sium reniform.
A'eins fo rk ed ; venules d ire c t; apices free and sporangiferous.
L or fronds my thanks are due to Mr. R. Sim, of Loot’s Cray.
T h is species may he pro cu red of Messrs. Sim, of Loot’s
C ray ; E . G. H en d e rso n , of St. J o h n ’s AVood; and K en n ed y ,
of Covent Garden.
T he illustration is from Mr. Sim’s frond.
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