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tra c tcd iu w id th , coriaceous, stipitatc, and arising from a scaly
bulb. Sterile frond simple, entire, oblong or ovatc-lanccolatc;
apex acuminate, .frequently waved. P c rtile fronds nmcli nm'-
rower, linear-laiiceolate, acuminate, and profoundly smuato-pin-
natifid, tlie lobes being hoiizo n ta l and crciiate.
Veins bran ch ed , su n k , and indistinct.
C audex long, creeping, and scaly, with d a rk brown sca-y-
Involucres, reniform, and copious on th e crcnatuves oi th e
lobes, four to six on each lobe, ilattish.
Stipes from h a lf an in ch to two inches in len g th , naked,
slightly winged upwards.
Leno-tli of frond from three to five inches, th e fertile one
be in g I h e longest, v a ry in g mucli in width, th e sterile fro n d
usu a lly n e a rly an in ch in width, and th e fertile one h a lf an
M y th anks are due to M r. James Ve itch , of th e E x o tic
N u rs e ry , Chelsea, for a p lan t and fronds of this F e rn . _
In tro d u c e d into E n g la n d about two years ago b y IMr. V e itch ,
of Chelsea. „ , o- r
I t may b e procimed of Messrs. V e itch , of Chelsea; Sim, of
F o o t’s C ra y ; E . G. H en d e rso n , of St. J o h n ’s M o o d ; and
Eollisson, of Tooting.
T h e illustration is from a p lan t in my own collection.