56 N E P H R O L E P IS E N S IF O L IA .
Fronds terminal, and adherent in a fascicle to an exceedingly
slender creeping rhizoma.
Eachis and stipes covered with woolly scales.
Fronds reclining.
Lcugtli of frond from thirty-six to forty-eight inches; length
of jiinnæ from four to five inches. Colour b rig h t green.
F o r a plant and fronds of N . p la tyo tis my thanlcs are due
to Mr. Henderson, of M^entworth.
I t is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; Sim,
of Foot’s Cray; Booth, of H am b u rg ; and Cooling, of Derby.
The illustration is from a frond sent by Mr. Henderson,
of AA^cntwortb.
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