Veins p in n a te ; venules simple or forked, direct, and free.
Caudex creeping, and densely covered with brown hairs.
Stipes long, covered w ith dense, len g th y , fulvous, silky
h a ir ne a r th e base.
Sori large, from one to th re e on each lobe or p in n u le ,
n e a rly globose, exserted, th e valves of the in dusium concave
and n early equal.
F ro n d s te rmina l, th e fertile ones contracted.
L en g th of frond from forty to one h u n d re d inches. Colour
a rich d a rk shining green.
F o r fronds my thanks are ten d e red to Dir. J . Smith, Royal
Gard en s, K ew ; M r. D . Moore, of th e Glasnevin Gardens, D u b lin ;
and to Mr. V e itch , of th e E x o tic N u rs e ry , Chelsea.
I t may be p ro cu re d of Messrs. V e itch , of C he lsea; Sim, of
F o o t’s C ray ; an d E . G. H en d e rso n , of th e W e llin g to n N u rse ry .
T h e illu stra tio n is from Mr. V e itch ’s fronds.
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