attenuate, shortly pctiolate ; base sub-corclate; margin crenate.
Lower pinnæ sub-opposite, u p p e r ones alternate. H ab it
somewhat erect.
Sori small, reniform; indusium diminutive, being soon hidden
b y the sori.
Venules anastomosing, and forming lines between the prima ry
veins, and dividing the entire surface into rectilinear parallelograms.
Fronds lateral, and adherent to a creeping rhizoma.
Stipes smooth, except when young, then there are a few
scattered scales on the u p p e r side. Eachis clothed with very
b rie f stiff hairs.
L ength of frond from twenty-four to thirty-six inches, of
which the lower h a lf is nak ed ; colour b rig h t green.
Known best in gardens as Nephrodmm multilincahim, b u t
n o t "Wallich’s plant.
My thanks are due to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of W n tw o r th ,
for fronds of this species.
I t is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Sim, of Foot’s Cray; and
A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place.
The illustration is from Mr. Joseph H en d e rso n ’s frond.
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