114 ASPLE^^IUM AXILLARE. 



lanceolate in form; habit pendulous. Pinnae lanceolate; pinnules, 

 which are distant, are narrow, oblong-acuminate, falcate, and 

 drooping; segments oblong-ovate in form, being largest on the 

 upper side nearest to the rachis. Margin dentate. 



Terminal. 



Stipes at the base scaly. 



E-hizoma creeping, and stout. 



Sori oblong, sometimes two on the same vein. Indusium 

 vaulted and revolute. 



Length of frond from twenty-four to thirty-six inches; colour 

 bright green. 



For plants my thanks are due to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of 

 Wentworth, and to Mr. E,. Sim, of Foot's Cray; and for fronds 

 to the same gentlemen, and to Mr. G. Norman, of Hull. 



It may be procured of Messrs. Sim, of Foot's Cray; A. Hen- 

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

 Wood; Pollisson, of Tooting; Veitch, of Chelsea; Kennedy, of 

 Covent Garden; and Cooling, of Derby. 



The illustration is from a portion of a frond of a plant in 

 my own collection. 



