2S ASPLENITJM SERRA. 



Fronds lanceolate, pinnate, having pendulous pinnae, which are 

 lanceolate, elongate-acuminate, coriaceous, petiolate, the inferior 

 base wedge-shaped, and the upper base circular, deeply serrate 

 on the margin. 



Length of frond from two feet to two feet and a half; ever- 

 green, dark green. 



Rachis and stipes profusely covered with thin brown scales, 

 terminal, being attached to a stout, scaly, creeping rhizoma. 



Sori linear, and situated near the costa. 



I have not been fortunate enough to procure a plant: beau- 

 tiful fronds were forwarded by Mr. Henderson, of Wentworth. 



It is in the Catalogue of Messrs. Booth and Son, of the 

 Hamburg Nursery. 



The illustration is from a frond sent by Mr. Henderson, of 

 Wentworth. 



