26 A S P rU T U M DUCUK R E N S .
Equally well knoivn in gardens as Lastrea decurretis and as
71. decursive-pimiata.
Length of Ifond twelve to fifteen inches; colour pale green.
The scales of this Fern are interesting as microscopic objects;
they are surrounded with spines having a knob at the apex,
and are pellucid.
For plants of this Fern I am indebted to Mr. Henderson,
of Wentworth; Messrs. llollisson, of Tooting; and Masters, of
Canterbury; and for fronds to Mr. Norman, of Hull, and
Messrs. A. Henderson, of Fine-apple Place.
I t is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Sim, of Foot’s Cray;
Kennedy, of Co vent Garden; Masters, of Canterbury; Veitch,
Jun., of Chelsea; Stansfield, of Todmorden; Cooling, of Derby;
Cuthbert, of Highgate; and Young, of Taunton.
The illustration is from a plant in my own collection.
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