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inferior pinnæ petiolate, in form nearly triangular trilobate; base
cordate; lobes acuminate; centre one largest. Margin bluntly
crenate. Superior pinnæ oblong-acuminate, petiolate, base
cordatc-auriculate; terminal one triangular, sinuately-pinnatifid ;
segments acuminate; lower ones longest.
Fronds fertile througbout. Stipes dark brown in colour,
having a few scattered scales near the base.
Sori circular. Indusium peltate.
Length from twelve to eighteen inches; colour pals green.
My thanks are due to Mr. Stratton, Curator of the Cambridge
Botanic Gardens; and to Mr. Clarke, Curator of the Eoyal
Gardens, Glasgow; for plants of this species.
It may be procured from the following Nurserymen:—Booth
and Sons, of Hamburg; Sim, of Foot’s Cray; Veitch, .luu., of
Chelsea; Eollisson, of Tooting; Kennedy, of Covent Garden;
Stansfield, of Todmorden; E. G. Henderson, of St. Jo h n ’s Wood;
and A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place.
The illustration is from a plant in my own collection.
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