lanceolate in form; habit pendulous. Pinnæ lanceolate; pinnules,
which are distant, are narrow, oblong-acuminate, falcate, and
drooping; segments oblong-ovate in form, being largest on the
upper side nearest to the rachis. Margin dentate.
Terminal.
Stipes at the base scaly.
Rhizoma creeping, and stout.
Sori oblong, sometimes two on the same vein. Indusium
vaulted and revolute.
Length of frond from twenty-four to thirty-six inches; colour
bright green.
Lor plants my thanks are due to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of
Wentworth, and to Mr. R. Sim, of Foot’s Cray; and for fronds
to the same gentlemen, and to Mr. G. Norman, of FIull.
It may be procured of Messrs. Sim, of Foot’s Cray; A. H enderson,
of Pine-apple Place; E. G. Henderson, of St. John’s
AVood; Rollisson, of Tooting; Veitch, of Chelsea; Kennedy, of
Covent Garden; and Cooling, of Derby.
The illustration is from a portion of a frond of a plant in
my own collection.
