. The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . foot and a half hiyh, the frondsdeltoidly ovate-lanceolate, pale green in colour, firm andglossy in texture, quite smooth and cut up into verynumerous minute segments ; they are supported bystoutish and rigid stipes, which are scaly at the fronds are at least quadripinnate, the primaryand secondary divisions and often the tertiary ones beingvery distinct, beyond which they are perhaps ratherpinnatifid or pinnatisected, the narrow decurrent basesiii the segments not being distinguishable from therachis-like parts. The primary and
. The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . foot and a half hiyh, the frondsdeltoidly ovate-lanceolate, pale green in colour, firm andglossy in texture, quite smooth and cut up into verynumerous minute segments ; they are supported bystoutish and rigid stipes, which are scaly at the fronds are at least quadripinnate, the primaryand secondary divisions and often the tertiary ones beingvery distinct, beyond which they are perhaps ratherpinnatifid or pinnatisected, the narrow decurrent basesiii the segments not being distinguishable from therachis-like parts. The primary and secondary pinnaeare attenuately ovate, the tertiary divisions ovate, thesegments of the latter cuneately oblong below and cutinto simple linear teeth, narrowly cuneate and simple,or with one or two teeth above ; so that tlie ultimatedivisions may be described as narrowly wedge-shapedand simple or indso-dentate, each of the divisions liavinga single vein along ita centre, which terminates beforereaching the point. The fertile fronds are equally com-. pound, but they differ in having the ultimate segmentsnot cuneate but linear and mucronate, considerablylonger, the terminal ones frequently an inch long, andevery one distinctly narrowed into a stalk at ilie narrow segments have a linear .sorus extendingalong each margin, the indusia of which meet in thecentre, so that the whole segment is occupied by thefructification, which usually assumes a ricli polden is a native of the East Indies, where it is found inNepal, Assam, and Khasiya ; in Malacca, Java, and thePhilippine Islands, It is a very elegant Fern,which will no doubt become a great favourite wit^hcultivators. Judf^ing from its North Indian habitats, itmay be expected to succeed in a close greenhouse,especially if the cultivated plant should have been ob-tained from any of the cooler habitats of the species, ofwhich, however, we have no information. T. M. and this side shows a decided tendency to cease gr
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