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In tro d u c ed into the Royal Gardens, K ew , in the year 1844,
having been received from Mr. Hen d e rso n , and being previously
introduc ed into E n g la n d in 1832.
Fro n d s lanceolate-acuminate and b ip in n a te ; pinnæ linear-
acuminate and a lte rn a te ; th e segments ohovate, and in the
sterile ones crenate; fertile segments concave. Stipes, rachis,
and midrib of pinnæ ebeneous, and clothed with small brown
scales.
Sori continuous and confluent; indusium small.
Terminal, ad h e ren t to a short creeping rhizoma.
L en g th o f frond from ten to eighteen inches; colour deep
green.
My thanks are due to Mr. Joseph H en derson, of AVentworth,
for a plan t and fronds of this species; and to M. Schott, of
th e Royal Botanic Gardens of Schonbriinn, and Air. G. Norman,
of H u ll, for other fronds.
I t may be p ro cu re d of Alessrs. E . G. Hen d e rso n , of St.
Jo h n ’s AAYod; Veitch, of Chelsea; Rollisson, of T ooting; Sim,
of F o o t’s C ray ; A. H en d e rso n , of Pin e -ap p le P la c e ; Booth, of
H am b u rg ; Stansfield, of T odmorden; K en n ed y , of Covent
G a rd en ; and Cooling, of Derby.
The illustration is from a p lan t in my own collection.