Ferns: British and . ngles to the main stem,) narrowing both to base and apex. Stipes very short, in a frond three feet in length only oneinch and a half long. Length of frond from two to five feet. In a frond thirty-four inches in length there were eighty-three pairs of pinnse. E-achis and stipes blackish brown, hirsute, and much resemblethe tail of a mouse. Fronds articulated on a scaly creeping rhizoma. Sori uniserial, terminal, about twenty-four pairs on each pinna,occupying nearly all the frond. Colour orange yellow. For plants of this species I am indebted to Mr. Clarke,Curator
Ferns: British and . ngles to the main stem,) narrowing both to base and apex. Stipes very short, in a frond three feet in length only oneinch and a half long. Length of frond from two to five feet. In a frond thirty-four inches in length there were eighty-three pairs of pinnse. E-achis and stipes blackish brown, hirsute, and much resemblethe tail of a mouse. Fronds articulated on a scaly creeping rhizoma. Sori uniserial, terminal, about twenty-four pairs on each pinna,occupying nearly all the frond. Colour orange yellow. For plants of this species I am indebted to Mr. Clarke,Curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasgow; and to , of Tooting; and for fronds to Mr. J. Henderson, ofWentworth; Mr. Smith, Curator of the Royal Gardens, Kew;Mr. Norman, of Hull; and Mr. Sim, of Foots Cray. It may be procured of Messrs. A. Henderson, of Pine-applePlace; Booth, of Hamburg; Rollisson, of Tooting; Kennedy, ofCovent Garden; and Sim, of Foots Cray. The illustration is from a plant in my own lOLVrODIUM TRICH ODES11-VOL. 2.
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