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ASPLENIUM LUCIDUM. 



yet occasionally larger — the plant I possess has them as much 

 as three feet. 



Glabrous, coriaceous, lanceolate, pinnate; the pinnse acutely 

 oblong, petiolate, wedge-shaped at the base, and the margin 

 of the frond serrate. 



The fronds are terminal, being attached to a thick, scaly, 

 creeping rhizoma. 



The long lines of sori are placed so near together upon the 

 frond, that when mature they become confluent. 



Hairy both on the stem and midrib of the pinnse. 



I am indebted to Mr. Henderson, of Wentworth; and to 

 Mr. Masters, of the Exotic Nursery, Canterbury; for plants of 

 this species. 



It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. A. Henderson, of Pine- 

 apple Place; E. G. Henderson, of the Wellington Nursery; 

 Sim, of Foot's Cray; Masters, of Canterbury; and Parker, of 

 the Paradise Nursery, Holloway. 



The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 



