Fronds jialmatc or ivy-lcaf-sliapcd, from two to tlirec inches
wide, simide, with five oblong segments, lohcd b lu n tly or
crenulate. Terminal, being hirsute both above and below.
The habit of the sterile fronds is horizontal, whilst that
of the fertile ones is erect. The fronds are viviparous, bearing
many young plants on their u p p e r surface.
Khizoma fasciculate.
Sori linear and reticulated, eventually becoming confluent.
L ength of frond from six to ten inches.
Rachis and stipes covered with red hairs.
F o r a jjlant my thanks are due to Mr. D ry d en , gardener to
Mr. Evans, of Allestro H a ll, near Derby.
I t is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting;
Jackson, of Kingston; Veitch, of Chelsea; E . G. Henderson,
of St. Jo h n ’s AVood; Sim, of Foot’s Cray; A. Henderson, of
Pine-apple P la c e ; Stansfield, of Todmorden; Booth, of H am b
u rg ; and Cooling, of Derby.
The illustrations are from a plant in niy own collection.
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