Asplouium serra is a stove Fern.
A native of Brazil.
Fronds lanceolate, jiinnate, having pendulous pinnæ, which are
lanceolate, elongate-acuminate, coriaceous, petiolate, the inferior
base Avedge-shaped, and the upper base circular, deeply serrate
on the margin.
Length of frond from two feet to two feet and a half ; evergreen,
dark green.
Eachis and stipes profusely covered with thin broAvn scales,
terminal, being attached to a stout scaly creeping rhizoma.
Sori linear, and situated near the costa.
I have not been fortunate enough to p rocure a jilant; b e au tiful
fronds Avere forwarded by Mr. H en derson, of "WentAvorth.
It is in the Catalogue of Messrs. Booth and Son, of the
Hamburg Nursery.
The illustration is from a frond sent by Mr. Henderson, of
WentAvorth.
