It ainiears to have been introduced into England in the year
1827, it is therefore somewhat singular that nearly thirty years
have not sufficed to make it a generally cultivated species.
The fronds, \vhich are glabrous and slender, are in form
linear-lanceolate ; [linnatc, having oblong pinnæ which are
imbricate, and attached to the stem by a footstalk. The pinnæ
are rounded at the apex, and articulate with the rachis. The
superior base being parallel with the rachis, whilst the inferior
base is truncate obliquely. Margin serrate.
The length of the frond is twelve inches, and the colour
jiale green.
Sori, of which five or six pairs are situated on each pinna,
are linear.
The rachis and stipes ivinged and ebeneous. The frond, which
is terminal, is attached to an upright fasciculate rhizoma.
I have not as yet been fortunate enough to procure a plant
of this interesting species.
It is included in Messrs. A. Henderson’s Catalogue at a
reasonable price.
My thanks are due to Sir M^illiam Hooker, the Director of
the Royal Gardens, Kew, for a frond of this species.
The illustration is from Sir William Hooker’s frond.
Portion of mature Frond, upper side.
ASPLENIUM RECLINATUM.
J . I IooLSTON. M o o r e .
P L A T E X IU . -— li. V O L . V.
Asp lén ium— S p le e n w o r t. 2ieclinatum— R e c l in in g .
I x T H E S e c t i o n T r i c h o m a n e s o e A u t h o r s .
A n o t h e r interesting Fern in the pretty dwarf section T richomanes
of Authors. Most probably this is a rare species in
cultivation in Great Britain, as I have been unable to trace
it in any other collection than that of the Royal Gardens, Kew.
A beautiful weeping Fern. An evergreen greenhouse species.
A native of the Island of St. Helena.
The fronds are slender, delicate, pendulous, and in form
lanceolate. Pinnate, the pinnæ being membranous, oblong in
form, rounded at the apex, superior base rounded and sub-
auriculate, inferior base truncate, bluntly crenate on the margin.
Slightly petiolate. Rachis winged throughout.
The fronds, which are terminal, are attached to an upright
fasciculate rhizoma.