32 PLATYLOMA ATROPURPUREA. 



Rachis and stipes covered with hairs, terminal, adherent to 

 a somewhat creeping rhizoma. 



Sori linear, continuous, exceedingly broad. Indusium narrow. 



Length of frond usually from six to ten inches; colour a 

 heavy blue green. 



My thanks are due to Mr. Stratton, of the Cambridge Botanic 

 Gardens, for a plant of this species; and to Mr. Henderson, of 

 Wentworth, and to Mr. Norman, of Hull, for fronds. 



It is in the Fern Catalogues of Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter; 

 Veitch, Jun., of Chelsea; A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place; 

 Sim, of Foot's Cray; Booth, of Hamburg; and Kennedy, of 

 Covent Garden. 



The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 



