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The frond elliptical-oblong, with an acuminate apex; the
margin fusco-palcaceous; base of frond a rounded cuneate form.
Rachis and stipes covered thickly with long blackish scales.
Stipes short.
Outline of frond occasionally irreg u la r and undulated.
A^eins forked.
L ength from four to five inches, of which the lower inch or
inch and a h a lf is naked.
F e rtile frond only h a lf the size, elliptical-oblong, shorter and
narrower. Stipes longer.
Rhizoma scaly, short, and creeping.
Fronds coriaceous; costa covered with stout rufous scales.
F o r fronds my thanks are due to Mr. Sim, of F o o t’s Cray,
and to Messrs. Booth, of Hamburg.
T he wood-cut illustration is from a frond forwarded hy Air.
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