46 ASPLENIUM BRASILIENSE. 



Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1836, 

 by Messrs. Loddiges. 



The fronds are glabrous, simple, coriaceous, slightly undulated. 

 In form elongate-lanceolate, decurrent at the base, sub-entire 

 at the margin, and viviparous at the apex. 



Length of frond from twelve to forty inches; colour deep 

 green. 



Stipes scaly, one inch in length. 



Fronds terminal, being adherent to an erect rhizoma. 



For plants and fronds I am indebted to Messrs. Rollisson, 

 Nurserymen, Tooting. 



It is in the Fern Catalogues of Messrs. Kennedy, of Covent 

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

 Place; E. G. Henderson, of St. John's Wood; and E-ollisson, of 

 Tooting. 



The illustration is from a frond forwarded by Messrs. Rollisson, 

 of Tooting. 



