76 PLATYLOMA GERANIIFOLIA. 



Fronds glabrous, triangular, five-parted, the segments droop- 

 ing, pinnatifid, linear-acuminate. 



Rachis and stipes ebeneous, terminal, adherent to a rhizoma 

 which is somewhat creeping. 



Sori reddish brown, oblong or linear, and is continuous; 

 indusium narrow. 



Length of frond from six to ten inches, colour light-green. 



For plants of this Fern, I am indebted to Mr. Henderson, 

 of Went worth; and for fronds to Mr. Norman, of Hull; Miss 

 Carr, of Quatt Rectory, near Bridgnorth, Salop; and to M. 

 Schott, Director of the Imperial Botanic Gardens at Schon- 

 brunn, near Vienna. 



It is in the Fern Catalogue of Messrs. Booth, of Hamburg. 

 Probably, in most instances, the species mentioned in English 

 Catalogues as Pteris pedata and Doryopteris pedata, will be this 

 Fern. 



The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 



