Portion of mature Frond— upper side. 



HYMENOPHYLLUM CRUENTUM. * 



Cavanilles. Hooker. Swartz. Willdenow. 



PLATE V. A. VOL. VIII. 



Hymenophyllum — Membrane-leaved. 



Omentum — Blood-coloured. 



A handsome rare species, and somewhat doubtful whether 

 alive in our British collections at the present time. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of Chiloe, growing on the trunks of trees. 



Fronds simple, broadly lanceolate, sinuato-dentate, and pen- 

 ninerved. Veins simple. 



Stipes very long and slender. 



Rhizoma slender and creeping. 



Sori marginal, the wedge-shaped base sunk in the frond, the 

 other portion protruding beyond the frond. 



Length of frond six inches; colour blood-red when growing, 

 but turning to brown in the dried specimens. 



For fronds I am indebted to Mr. B,. J. Gray, of St. Thomas', 

 Exeter. 



It cannot be procured from any Nurserymen. 



The illustration is from Mr. Gray's frond. 



