Stipes fifteen inches in length, circular, very hirsute, with
brown hairs, which are considerably longer near the base.
Sori large, very copious, eventually becoming confluent,
covering the whole under side of the frond, almost touching
each other before shedding the indusium; at first white, aud
when mature reddish brown.
Indusium reniform; the entire frond covered beneath with
sori.
Fronds lateral, adherent to a small creeping rhizoma.
Length of frond thirty inches; width at the base fourteen
inches; colour deep shining green.
My thanks are due to Mr. R. Sim, of Foot’s Cray; Mr. J.
Smith, of the Royal Cardens, Kew; and to Messrs. E. C.
Henderson, for plants of this species; and to Mr. C. Norman,
of Hu ll, for fronds.
I t is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Sim, of Foot’s Cray;
E . C. Henderson, of St. Jo h n ’s Wood; Rollisson, of Tooting;
Veitch, of Chelsea; and Kennedy, of Covent Carden.
The illustration is from a plant in my own collection.
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