68 PLATYLOMA ROTUND1FOLIA. 



sub-rotund or oblong-elliptical in form, rather obtuse, cordate 

 at the base, glabrous, coriaceous, slightly crenate on the margin. 



Rachis and stipes densely crowded with scales of a brown 

 colour, lateral, adhering to a creeping rhizoma. 



Length of frond from twelve to eighteen inches; colour dull 

 green. 



Sori linear, continuous, very broad. Indusium very narrow. 



For plants of this species my thanks are due to Mr. Ingram, 

 of the Royal Gardens, "Windsor, and to Mr. Norman, of Hull; 

 and for fronds to Mr. Henderson, of Wentworth; Mr. Clark, 

 of the Glasgow Botanic Gardens; Mr. Gray, of St. Thomas', 

 Exeter; Mr. Jeans, of Grantham; Mr. Norman, of Hull; and 

 Messrs. Booth, of Hamburg. 



It is in the Fern Catalogues of Messrs. E. G. Henderson, of 

 St. John's Wood; Veitch, Jun., of Chelsea; Rollisson, of Tooting; 

 A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place; Parker, of Hollo way; Sim, 

 of Foot's Cray; Stansfield, of Todmorden; Veitch, of Exeter; 

 Kennedy, of Covent Garden; and Cooling, of Derby. 



The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 



