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Pinnæ, lower jrortion ojqiosite or sub-ojuioslte, iipjipr porlion
mostly alternate. T here are about sixty jiairs of pinuæ on
each frond.
Fronds pendant and very graceful. Pinnæ ra th e r distant
and horizontal.
Sori circular; about forty pairs on each pinna.
Indusium reniform, and situated immediately wltliiii tbe
margin of the lobe.
Khizoma wiry, creeping, and scaly, to which tbe fronds arc
adherent in fascicles.
L en g th of frond from twenty-five to fifty-five inches; colour
b rig h t green.
T here is a very beautiful variety of this species, having its
divisions deejjly cut into lobes, as Mr. Sim remarks, much
in tbe same way as tbe elegant varieties of Polypodium tulyare,
(th a t is, cambricum and semilacerumd)
T here are very few monstrosities, as they are termed,
amongst tbe exotic F erns, b u t as there is an increasing desire
to cultivate our foreign species, no doubt ere long many in teresting
varieties will be added to our collections.
F o r a plant my thanks are due to Mr. P a rk e r, of Holloway;
and for fronds to Mr. Henderson, of Wentworth, and to jMr.
Ingram, of the Eoyal Gardens, Windsor.
I t is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea;
Eollisson, of T ooting; Sim, of Foot’s Cray; Jackson, of
Kingston; Booth, of H am b u rg ; E . G. H en derson, of St.
Jo h n ’s Wood; and Cooling, of Derby.
The variety is in Mr. Sim’s Catalogue.
The illustration is from my own plant.
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