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ASPLENIUM PUL.CHELLUM. 



The fronds, which are glabrous, are slender, linear-lanceolate, 

 pinnate, the pinnce petiolate, oblong-obtuse, sub-falcate, circular 

 at the apex, superior base being auriculate, whilst the inferior 

 base is truncate-dimidiate, inciso-scrrate on the margin. 



Fronds terminal, adherent to a fasciculate rhizoma. 



Length of frond ten inches; colour dull green. 



Sori oblong-linear, of a bright reddish brown colour, eventually- 

 bold and confluent. Indusium greenish white. A single row of 

 sori on each side the midrib of each pinnee, those on the 

 upper side being oblique, whilst those on the lower side are 

 parallel with the midrib, usually six on the upper, and three 

 to four on the lower side. 



There are about twenty pairs of pinnae. The lower half of 

 the frond equal in width, gradually tapering to a point for the 

 upper half. 



My thanks are due to Messrs. Booth, of Hamburg, and 

 Messrs. A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place Nursery, for plants; 

 and to Mr. J. Henderson, of Wentworth; Dr. Hooker; Mr. 

 Norman, of Hull; and Mr. Downes, of Ilfracombe, for fronds. 



It can be procured of Messrs. A. Henderson, of Pine-apple 

 Place; R. Sim, of Foot's Cray; and Booth and Son, of 

 Hamburg. 



The illustration is from a frond sent by Dr. Hooker. 



