All evergreen stove species.
Native of AVcstern Africa.
In tro d u c ed into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1848.
Sterile and fertile fronds different. Sterile frond sessile,
elongated, and ascending; up p e r portion scarcely lobed, rcm-
form, permanent, elevated, spongy, and depressed. F e rtile frond
simple, horizontal, thick and coriaceous, divided, and widening
upwards. A rticulated with the rhizoma.
A'eins repeatedly forked, and distantly anastomosing; venules
in te rn a l and compoundly reticulated.
Sori occupying the lobes.
F o r plants and fronds my thanks are due to Mr. Joseph
H en derson, of AVentworth, and to Alessrs. Rollisson, of Tooting.
I t may he p rocured of Alessrs. Sim, of Foot’s Cray; R o llisson,
of T ooting; Veitch, of Chelsea; F . G. H en derson, of
St. Jo h n ’s AAYod; A. H en derson, of Pine-apple P la c e ; Jackson,
of Kin g sto n ; and K en n ed y , of Covent Garden.
T he illustration is from a frond forwarded by Air. Henderson,
of AVentworth.
