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trian g u la rly elongate-acuminate, sub-opposite or opposite, and
profoundly pinn a tifid ; segments small, oblo n g -lin e a r; apex
b lu n t, base d e cu rren t, margin crenate. F e rtile frond contracted.
W id e s t pinme twelve inches in length.
F ro n d s lateral.
Khizoma th ick , creeping, and covered with soft red d ish brown
scales.
Veins forked.
Sori in trama rginal, vertically oblong, and being swollen above
th e surfiice of the frond, give th e p lan t a pleasing appearance.
L en g th of frond from thirty-five to seventy inches; colour
when young p u rp lish red , th en greenish red , and lastly a rich
shining deep green. On a p lan t with many fronds th e diversity
of colour is v ery striking.
Stipes and rachis smooth, twenty-four inches in len g th , b rig h t
red , except two v ery n arrow gre en la te ra l lines on each side
of the stem.
I am in d eb ted to Messrs. Kollisson, of T ooting, for a p lan t
of this v ery beau tifu l F e rn .
I t may be p ro cu re d of Messrs. Kollisson, of T oo tin g ; Ve itch ,
of Chelsea; E . G. H en d e rso n , of St. Jo h n ’s W o o d ; Sim, of
F o o t’s C ray ; and Cooling, of De rb y .
T h e illustration is from a p lan t in my own collection.
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Piniva of b a r r e n F ro n d .