£0 ADIANTUM AFFINE. 



pinnules have a few almost microscopical black bristle-like hairs 

 on their upper surface: occasionally fronds are found with the 

 hairs numerous and large, both on the upper and under surface. 



Colour of the frond a vivid green. 



Stipes and rachis, slender and glabrous, shining and ebeneous; 

 lateral, attached to a creeping rhizoma, which is slender. 



Length of frond occasionally twelve inches, more than half 

 of the rachis being naked. 



For plants of this species, I am indebted to Mr. Ingram, 

 of Belvoir Castle; Mr. E. G. Henderson, of St. John's Wood; 

 and Mr. Masters, of the Exotic Nursery, Canterbury; and for 

 fronds to Mr. Henderson, of Wentworth. 



It is in the Fern Catalogues of Messrs. A. Henderson, of 

 Pine-apple Place; E. G. Henderson, of the Wellington Nursery; 

 Pollisson, of Tooting; Sim, of Foot's Cray; Veitch, Jun., of 

 Chelsea; Parker, of Hollo way; and E. Cooling, of Derby. 



The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 



