areoles transverse oblong, marginal veinlets free, exserted beyond
th e margin, each forming a p edicel for the sori at th e ir ex tremity.
In d u sium sp reading and entire.
E hizoma b rie f and decumbent.
L e n g th of frond from six to eighteen inches.
F o r fronds my th an k s are due to h lr . J . Smith, th e Curator
of th e Roya l Gardens, Kew.
I t does not appear in any Catalogue.
T h e illustration is from !Mr. Smith’s frond.
GENUS VII.
D E P A R IA . H o o k e r a n d G r e v i l l e .
F r o n d s bipinnatifid. Veins pinnate, with free venules. Sori
termina l and exserted. In d u sium conniving, forming a calyciform,
pedicellate, an d vertical cyst.
Sir W . J . H o o k e r, in his “ Species F ilicum ,” gives two species,
namely, D . pro life ra , H o o k e r, and I ) M atth ewsii, H o o k e r, the
la tte r not y e t in tro d u c ed in the living state.
