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A HANDSOME dwarf species, with very thick sliining i'ronds.
An evergreen stove Fern .
Native of Jamaica, Java, South Africa, and the Cape of
Good Hope.
In tro d u c ed into the Royal Gardens, Kew, iu 1841, by Mr.
I). Cameron.
Fronds erect; the sterile ones glabrous, coriaceous, simple,
and oblong-acuminate in form, the base being attenuated.
Fertile fronds small, and ovate or oblong-acuminate in form.
Rliizotna scaly and creeping.
Sori amorphous, densely covering the u n d e r side of the
frond.
A'eins forked and free.
L en g th of sterile frond from six to twelve inches, of fertile
frond from six to ten inches; colour a rich dark shining green.
A rticulated near the rachis.
For a plant of this F e rn my thanks are due to Mr. J.
Henderson, of W en tw o rth ; and for fronds to Mr. G Norman
of Hull.
I t may be procured of Alessrs. A'eitch, of Chelsea; Rollisson,
of T ooting; Sim, of F o o t’s Cray; A. Flenderson, of Pine-apple
Place; Booth, of H am b u rg ; and Cooling, of Derby.
The illustrations are from fronds sent hy Mr. Joseph H e n derson,
of AVentworth.
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