62 ASPLENIUM COMPRESSUM. 



An evergreen greenhouse Fern. 



A native of the Island of St. Helena. 



Fronds glabrous, ovate-lanceolate in form, coriaceous, pinnate, 

 the pinnae being broad and nearly all viviparous. Pinnae oblong- 

 acute, the superior base truncate and parallel] with the rachis, 

 subauriculate, the inferior base obliquely cuneate; bluntly 

 serrate on the margin. E-achis winged. 



Fronds terminal, adherent to an erect rhizoma, the crown of 

 which is covered with dark brown scales. The midrib of the 

 pinnule is raised on the upper side, flat beneath. Frequently 

 the frond is defective in form. 



Length of frond from fourteen to twenty-four inches; colour 

 a shining bright green. 



My thanks are due to Messrs. Parker, of Holloway, and 

 Booth, of Hamburg, for plants; and to Messrs. Rollisson, of 

 Tooting, and Sim, of Foot's Cray, for fronds. 



It is in the Fern Catalogues of Messrs. E. G. Henderson, of 

 St. John's Wood; A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place; Pollisson, 

 of Tooting; Parker, of Holloway; and Sim, of Foot's Cray. 



The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 



