82 BLECHNUM LANCEOLA. 



The fronds, which are glabrous, are simple and lanceolate in 

 shape. 



Stipes scaly near the base. 



Fronds terminal; adherent to a creeping rhizoma. 



Nearly all the fronds are fertile. 



Sori linear and continuous. 



Length of frond six inches; colour deep green. 



Veins forked. 



This Fern cannot be confused with any other. 



For a plant of this species I am indebted 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. 



It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Sim, of Foot's Cray; Yeitch^ 

 of Chelsea; E. G. Henderson, of St. John's Wood; Eollisson, of 

 Tooting; Booth, of Hamburg; A. Henderson, of Pine-apple 

 Place; Kennedy, of Covent Garden; Stansfield, of Todmorden; 

 and Cooling, of Derby. 



The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 



