144 DTPLAZIUM PUBESCENS. 



Rachis and stipes slightly scaly at the base, and profoundly 

 farrowed. 



Fronds terminal; rhizoma erect. 



Sori linear, produced on both sides of the venules. Indusium 

 of the same form as the sori. 



Veins pinnate. 



Length from fifty to seventy inches; colour a dull green. 



My thanks are due to Mr. E,. Sim, of Foot's Cray, for a 

 plant of this Fern; and to M. Schott, of the Imperial Gardens 

 of Schonbriinn, and Mr. J. Henderson, of Wentworth, for fronds. 



It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting; 

 Veitch, Jun., of Chelsea; Sim, of Foot's Cray; A. Henderson, 

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

 Booth, of Hamburg; Stansfield, of Todmorden; and Kennedy, 

 of Covent Garden. 



The illustration is from a frond forwarded by Mr. Joseph 

 Henderson, of Weijtworth. 



