j)innæ, the apex proliferous; somewhat ovate pinnules, with
wedge-shaped base; acute segments.
Rachis and stipes scaly, winged, the scales very dark around
the rhizoma; terminal, being attached to a short creeping rlii-
zoma. The pinnæ are nearly equal in width except near the
apex; viviparous.
Length of frond eighteen inches; colour a dull heavy green.
Sori bold, oblong in form, a single one on each pinnule;
eventually becoming confluent and covering the whole under
surface.
Air. Henderson, of A\"entworth, was kind enough to send me
a plant of this species.
It may be procured at a moderate price of Alessrs. Rollisson,
of Tooting; Sim, of Root’s Cray; and Veitch, Jun., of Chelsea.
The illustration is from a plant in my own collection.
