Tins oiTianioiital stovc siiecics lias slender glabrous fronds,
whic-h are tnangularly-elongate; bijiinnatc, inunules remote; those
pinnæ at the base longest, becoming sliorter as they approach
the ajiex of the frond, being in fact oblong cunéate, each jiin-
nule is of an oblong wedge-shaped form, with an acute apex,
the one nearest the rachis being largest. Decuncnt at the base,
and serrate on the margin.
Stijics and rachis dark coloured beneath, and green above;
rachis winged. The fronds terminal, rising out of a somewhat
tufted rhizoma.
Length of frond from one foot to eighteen inches, more
frequently the former. Colour of frond decii green.
The fructification is jircttily arranged, but not very bold in
ajipearancc.
It appears to be better known under the name Asplcnium
mexicanum of Kunze, than that of A . planicaule of AVallich.
I am indebted to Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart., of Eolleston
Hall; Messrs. E. G. Elenderson, of the AVellington Nursery, St.
John’s V ood; Mr. Lamb, gai'dcner to E. AVright, Esq., of
Osmaston Manor; Mr. Stewart, of the Sudbury Gardens,
Staffordshire; and to fVIessrs. Booth and Son, of Hamburg, for
plants of this species; and to Mr. Norman, of Hull, for fronds.
It is in the Fern lists of Alessrs. A. Henderson, of Pine-apple
Place; Lucombe, Piuce, and Co., of Exeter; E. G. Henderson,
of St. John’s AAYod; Sim, of Loot’s Cray; Parker, of Holloway;
Masters, of Canterbury; Booth and Son, of Hamburg; and
E, Coolingj of Derby.
Tlie illustration is from a plant in my own collection.