58 ASPLE^TUM FLACCIDUM. 



Native of New Zealand, and New Holland. 



The form of the frond is an elongate-lanceolate, bitripinnat- 

 ifid, pinnae narrow and long, habit pendulous, pinnae remote 

 from each other, decurrent at the base, viviparous, and above 

 six inches in length; pinnules linear-elongate, wedge-shaped 

 at the base, and largest next the midrib; segments linear-acute, 

 distant. 



The under side of the fronds scattered over with diminutive 

 dark cordate scales. Fronds terminal, adherent to an erect 

 fasciculate rhizoma. 



Length of frond from two to three feet; colour deep green. 



About the rhizoma many scales, similar to those in Asplenium 

 bulbiferum. The pinnae are of nearly equal length throughout, 

 except near the apex, where they rapidly diminish in breadth. 

 Stipes brownish beneath, green on the upper side. Fructifica- 

 tion not very apparent; sori solitary, and situated near the 

 inner edge of each pinnule. 



My thanks are due to Mr. T. B. Charlton, of Chilwell Hall, 

 Nottingham; Mr. Pass, gardener to Mr. Brocklehurst, of the 

 Fence, near Macclesfield; Mr. Henderson, of Wentworth; and 

 to Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter, for plants of this species; and to 

 Mr. Ingram, of the Royal Gardens, Windsor; Mr. Norman, of 

 Hull; and Messrs. Booth, of Hamburg, for fronds. 



It may be procured from Messrs. Yeitch, of Exeter; Parker, 

 of Holloway; E. G. Henderson, of St. John's Wood; Booth, of 

 Hamburg; Sim, of Foot's Cray; and Cooling, of Derby. 



The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 



