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PTERIS VESPERTILIO^IS. 



rhizoma. Scales reddish brown. Stipes nine inches in length. 



Sori oblong-linear, on either side pinnules and segments, but 

 not extending to the apex of either; colour pale orange brown. 



Length of frond from two to three feet; colour above yel- 

 lowish green, underneath glaucous. 



I am indebted to Mr. J. Henderson, of Wentworth, for a 

 plant of this species; and to Mr. Roper, of Brighton; Mr. 

 Downs, of llfracombe; Mr. Norman, of Hull; and to M. 

 Schott, Director of the Imperial Gardens, Vienna, for fronds. 



It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting; 

 Parker, of Hollo way; Masters, of Canterbury, A. Henderson, of 

 Pine-apple Place; R. Sim, of Foot's Cray; Kennedy, of Covent 

 Garden; and Stansfield and Son, of Todmorden. 



The illustration is a portion of a frond from a plant in my 

 own collection. 



Wig? 



