dle division deeply pinnatifid, or even bipinnatifid ; the seg- 
ments lanceolate, rather acuminated, but not very sharply : 
the lateral ones, two on each side, combined at the base, (or 
they may be considered, each pair, as one, and bipartite) ; 
the lowermost lobes deflexed. The colour is dark green 
above, paler beneath: the costa dark purple, especially at 
the base of the lobes, and glossy. The involucrum is con- 
tinuous along the margin of the whole frond, following all 
its sinuosities. Such seems to be the most usual appear- 
ance of the plant, but Rapp1 has described and figured 
some remarkable variations, to which it seems, in its native 
country, to be liable, being more or less divided, and the 
segments of very various breadths. 
Although not yet common in the stove of our gardens, 
where it is readily cultivated, it is of frequent occurrence in — 
the tropics, and probably most of the warmer parts of the — 
world. It was received at the Botanic Garden of Glasgow — 
from Jamaica, where, as well as in Brazil, it is extremel 
abundant. The bright green of the foliage, margined by 
the pale brown line of the involucre, and the e'lossy black 
_ purple stipites render this Fern a desirable inmate in @F 
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