118 DICKSONIA CULCITA. 



Veins pinnate; venules simple or forked, direct, and free. 



Caudex creeping, and densely covered with brown hairs. 



Stipes long, covered with dense, lengthy, fulvous, silky 

 hair near the base. 



Sori large, from one to three on each lobe or pinnule, 

 nearly globose, exserted, the valves of the indusium concave 

 and nearly equal. 



Fronds terminal, the fertile ones contracted. 



Length of frond from forty to one hundred inches. Colour 

 a rich dark shining green. 



For fronds my thanks are tendered to Mr. J. Smith, Royal 

 Gardens, Kew; Mr. D. Moore, of the Glasnevin Gardens, Dublin; 

 and to Mr. Yeitch, of the Exotic Nursery, Chelsea. 



It may be procured of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; Sim, of 

 Foot's Cray; and E. G. Henderson, of the Wellington Nursery. 



The illustration is from Mr. Veitch's fronds. 



