36 ASPLENTUM HENDEllSONT. 



on the upper part The lower pinnae are elongate, cordate- 

 hastate, obtuse, and deflexed. The middle pinnae decurrent, 



adnate: the apex entire, and often forked. The margin entire. 

 Stipes thinly scattered over with long narrow brown scales. 



The length of the stipes is about three inches. 



The fronds are about eight inches in length. 



Probably a greenhouse species. 



As yet I have received no plant of this Fern. 



It does not appear to be mentioned in any of the Nursery- 

 men's Catalogues. 



My thanks are due to Sir William Hooker, for a frond of 

 A. Hendersoni. 



The illustration is from the frond forwarded to me by Sir 

 William Hooker. 



