60 ASPLENIUM CICUTARIUM. 



and somewhat oval pinnules, wedge-shaped at the base, the 

 lowest one being appressed to the midrib, segments linear- 

 acute. Fronds terminal, attached to a fasciculate erect rhizoma. 



Rachis and stipes winged throughout, and ebeneous; being 

 deeply channeled above along their whole length. 



Length of frond from twelve to eighteen inches; colour light 

 green. 



Sori inconspicuous. 



My thanks are due to Mr. Lamb, gardener to F. Wright, 

 Esq., of Osmaston Manor; Messrs. E. G. Henderson, of St. 

 John's Wood; and to Mr. Stratton, the Curator of the Cam- 

 bridge Botanic Gardens, for plants of this species; and to Mr. 

 E-. J. Gray, of St. Thomas', Exeter; Mr. Norman, of Hull; Mr. 

 Sim, of Foot's Cray; Messrs. Booth, of Hamburg; and Mr. 

 Henderson, of Wentworth, for fronds. 



It is in the Fern Catalogues of Mr. Robert Parker, of Hol- 

 lo way; Messrs. Osborn and Son, Fulham; Bass and Brown, of 

 Sudbury, Suffolk; Booth and Son, of Hamburg; A. Henderson, 

 of Pine-apple Place; E. G. Henderson, of St. John's Wood; , 

 Pollisson, of Tooting; Kennedy, of Covent Garden; Sim, of 

 Foot's Cray; Veitch, of Exeter; and Cooling, of Derby. 



The illustration is from a frond forwarded by Mr. Gray, of 

 St. Thomas', Exeter. 



