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densely' clothed with long narrow hair-lik e d a rk brown scales.
L e n g th of frond four to twelve inches, of which th e lower
five inches in a twelve-inch frond is naked. Colour b rig h t
shining green.
Stipes glabrous.
F e rtile fronds contracted, te rn a te , elongate, occasionally a
frond may be found more or less b e a rin g sori, y e t not contracted.
Sori oblong, marginal, b u t k e ep in g w ithin th e edge, convex
on b oth sides of th e frond, about forty pairs on each pinna,
and six ty pairs on the te rmina l one.
F o r a p lan t m3, thanks are due to Mr. Thomas Moore,
Cui-ator of th e Botanic Gardens, Chelsea.
I t may be p ro cu re d of IMcssrs. E. G. H en d e rso n , of St. Jo h n s
AVood; A. H en d e rso n , of Pin e -ap p le P la c e ; Rolllsson, of T ootin g ;
V e itch , of Chelsea; Sim, of P o o t’s C ra y ; Kennedy., of Covent
G a rd en ; Cooling, of D e rb y ; and Stansfield, of Todmorden.
T h e illustrations arc from a p lan t in my own collection.
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