14 ADIANTUM MACROPHYLLTJM. 



fronds unequally wedge-shaped at the base. The edge of the 

 fertile fronds is contracted, being reflexed where the sori are 

 situated. The colour of the frond bright green. 



Its habit is rather erect, the fronds attached to a creeping 

 rhizoma. 



The stipes and young frond are of a delicate pale shining 

 green, mingled with patches of a red colour. When mature, 

 the stipes becomes black and ebeneous. Rachis slightly fusco- 

 pubescent. 



Length of frond from twelve to eighteen inches. 



Sori linear and continuous. 



This is a very beautiful evergreen stove Fern. 



A native of the West Indies and Tropical America, Mexico, 

 and Jamaica. 



Although not common in general cultivation, it is in many 

 Nurserymen's Catalogues. It is in those of Messrs. Rollisson, 

 of Tooting; E. G. Henderson, of St. John's Wood; A. Hender- 

 son, of Pine-apple Place; Booth and Son, of Hamburg; Veitch, 

 of Exeter; Masters, of Canterbury; Sim, of Foot's Cray; and 

 Parker, of Holloway. 



Plants of this species have been kindly presented by Mr. 

 Henderson, of Went worth; Messrs. A. Henderson, of Pine-apple 

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

 Son, of Hamburg. For fronds I am indebted to Mr. Hen- 

 derson, of Wentworth; Mr. Norman, of Hull; and to Messrs. 

 Booth and Son, of Hamburg. 



The illustration is from a frond sent by Mr. Henderson, of 

 Wentworth. 



