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Pinna of mature Frond, under side.
ASPIDIUM HOOKERI.
W a l l i c h .
P L A T E X L V I I I . V O L . V I .
HooTceri, J . S m i t h . M o o e e a n d H o u l s t o n .
Aspidium—The Shield Fem. ifoofeH—Named after Sir W. J . Hooker,
F.E.S., etc., the Director of the Eoyal Gardena, Kew.
I n t h e S e c t io n N e p h r o d iu m o f A u t h o r s .
A R A R E interesting Fern, best known as the Nephrodium
Hooheri.
An evergreen stove species.
Native of the East Indies.
We are indebted to Mr. Henderson, of Wentworth, for
bringing this Fe rn into notice.
Fronds pinnate and elongate; basal pinnæ diminutive,
deltoid, deflexed, and gradually increasing in length as they
ascend the rachis, being on the upper half elongate-acute,
and pinnatifid, four inches long, sub-petiolate, auriculate, the
base being truncate-cuneate.
Sori medial, uniserial, and scattered over the upper half of
the frond.
