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llacliis and stijics coA'ercd with narrow scales of a brown
colour.
Sori circular, transversely unisc rial, about trvcntr' ¡lairs on
each pinna. Indusium reniform.
A'eins forked; A’cnulcs direct and free.
T h e re are about a hu n d red and twenty' pairs of pinnæ on
each frond.
Fronds terminal, and adherent in a fascicle to a creeping
wiry rhizoma.
L en g th of frond from thirty-five to sixty inches, rvidth from
two to three inches; colour jrale green.
F o r plants of this F e rn my thanks are due to Mr. Pass,
gardener to Mr. E rocklehurst, of The Fence, Macclesfield;
to Mr. E . Cooling, Nurseryman, Derby'; to Mr. Clarke, of the
E ov a l Gardens, Glasgow; and to Mr. Lamb, gardener to Mr.
F . W rig h t, of Osmaston Manor, near Ashbourne; and for
froirds to M. Schott, of the Imirerial Gardens of Schonbriinn,
near Vienna.
I t is in all the N u rserymen’s Catalogues.
The illustration is from a plan t in my own collection.
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