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In tro d u c ed into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1841,
having been received from th e Royal Gardens of Berlin.
F ronds simple and glabrous. F e rtile frond erect in habit,
ovate-elliptical, and acuminate. Sterile frond ovate or oblong-
acuminate, coriaceous, undulated, and roundish at the base.
Stipes and rachis d ark p urple in colour beneath, green above.
Fronds articulated near the rhizoma.
Rhizoma scaly and creeping.
F e n g th of fertile frond twelve inches, of sterile frond twelve
to eighteen inches. Colour a deep shining green.
Sori amorphous, and densely covering the under side of the
frond.
Veins forked and free.
F o r a plan t my thanks are due to Messrs. A. Henderson,
of Pine-apple Place Nurse ry .
I t may be procured of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; Rollisson,
of Tooting; A. Henderson, of Pine-apple P lace; E. G.
Henderson, of W en tw o rth ; Jackson, of K in g sto n ; Sim, of
F o o t’s C ray ; Booth, of H am b u rg ; and Cooling, of Derby.
The illustration -is from a plan t in my own collection.