oblong, acuminate, pinnatifid, and petioliilate. The segments
linear-oblong obtuse, being largest next the rachis. Terminal,
adherent to a thick somewhat creeping rhizoma.
Stipes slightly scaly near the base.
Indusium very hairy, and pale violet in colour.
Length of frond from twelve to thirty inches.
Fo r plants my thanks are due to Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart.,
of Rolleston Ha ll; Mr. F. Wright, of Osmaston Manor; Mr.
Stewart, gardener to Lord Vernon; Mr. Ingram, gardener to
the Duke of R u tla n d ; and to Mr. Cooling, of Derby.
I t is in the Catalogues of Messrs. A. Flenderson, of Pin e apple
Place; Stansfield and Son, of Todmorden; Kennedy, of
Covent Garden; Bass and Brown, of Sudbury; Masters, of
Canterbury; Rollisson, of Tooting; Cooling, of Derby; Sim, of
Loot’s Cray; and Veitch, of Chelsea.
Tlie illustration is from a plant in my own collection.
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