l^l-ni^i^^^s^ 



I'inna of mature Frond— under side. 



DOODIA ASPEEA. 



Brown. Smith. Hooker. Schott. Sprengel. 

 Kaulfuss. Presl. Moore and Houlston. 



PLATE XXX. VOL. IV. 



Doodya asjjera, Kunze. Link. 



Woodivardia aspera, Fee. 



Doodia — Named after Mr. Doody, a botanist. Aspera — Eougli, 

 in reference to the roiiffh stalks. 



A PRETTY, evergreen, stiff-habited, greenhouse Fern. 



Native of New Holland and Australia. 



Received into the E-oyal Gardens, Kew, in 1808, from Mr. 

 Caley. 



Fronds lanceolate and pinnatifid; segments linear-acuminate, 

 sub-falcate, and having a spinulose-serrate margin; rigid; 

 widest in the centre of the frond; apex acuminate. 



Veins forked. 



Sori uniserial or biserial. 



Rachis and stipes scaly, dark brown at the base. 



Fronds terminal, being adherent to a brief creeping rhizoma. 



Length of frond ten inches; colour a dull heavy green. 



For a plant my thanks are due to Mr. Joseph Henderson, 

 of "Wentworth; and for fronds to M. Schott, Director of the 

 Imperial Gardens of Schonbriinn, and to Mr. G. Norman, of 

 Hull. 



