20 ASPLENIUM OBTUSATUM. 



length of the frond, which is pinnate, the pinnae being oblong- 

 obtuse, somewhat wedge-shaped at the base, and blunt at the 

 apex. The margin deeply and bluntly serrated, rachis winged 

 throughout, the stipes scaly. 



The sori copious, eventually becoming confluent. 



Terminal frDnds attached to a somewhat creeping rhizoma. 



A cool greenhouse evergreen species, not difficult to cultivate. 



A native of Van Diemen's Land, New Holland, and New 

 Zealand. The A. lucidum was also introduced from the 

 latter country. 



This Fern was received at the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the 

 year 1843, from the Messrs. Osborn. 



The A. ohtusatum of Labill is a different species; it is the 

 A. sarmentosum of Willdenow. 



My thanks are due to Mr. Henderson, of Wentworth, for a 

 plant and fructified fronds of A. ohtusatum. 



It is in the Fern Catalogue of Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting; 

 and that of A. Henderson and Co., Pine-apple Place. 



The illustration is from a frond forwarded by Mr. Henderson, 

 of Wentworth. 



