
F ronds lateral and adherent to a creeping and scaly rhizoma.
Veins anastomosing and reticulated.
Sori usually scattered throughout the whole under side
of the frond.
L ength from twelve to twenty-four inches; colour light green.
The lower four to nine inches of frond naked.
F o r fronds 1113^ thanks are due to Sir AV. J . Hooker, Director
of the Iloyal Gardens, K ew ; and to Air. George Norman, of
Hu ll.
I t may be procured of jMessrs. A'eitch, Ju n ., of the Exotic
N u rse ry , Chelsea.
The illustration is from Mr. Norman’s frond.
GENUS Yll .
M E SO C H LÆ N A . 11. B r o w x .
V eixs pinnate and costæform, the lower pair of venules
anastomosing. Sori oblong-linear, medial. Indusium linear,
and being attached longitudinally on the centre of the receptacle.
Fronds bipinnatifid.
Fé e , in his “ Genres de la Famille des PoUpodiacées,” under
the name of Stegnogrammc, enumerates the following:—
1.— Aspidioides, Blume.
2.—Mesoddæna, Fee.
3.—Moluccana, Fee.
4 .—Javanica, Brown.
Only one species is cultivated iu England, namely, Alcsochlcena
Javanica.
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