124 DICKSONIA PUNCTILOBA. 



Cultivated in the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1822. 



Fronds membranaceous, sub-tripinnate, lanceolate in form, 

 pinnse lanceolate, pinnules oblong, adnate, profoundly pinnatifid, 

 having oblong, blunt, inciso-dentate segments. 



Veins pinnate; venules direct and free. 



Sori minute — seldom more than one, in the sinus or upper 

 margin of each segment. 



Rachis and costa, glanduloso-pilose. 



Fronds lateral. 



Khizoma slender and creeping. 



Length of frond from twelve to twenty-four inches. Colour 

 very light green; when dried, pale straw-colour. 



Stipes reddish brown. 



For a plant my thanks are due to Mr. Joseph Henderson, 

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



It may be procured of Messrs. Sim, of Foot's Cray; A. Hen- 

 derson, of Pine-apple Place; Stansfield, of Todmorden; Pearson, 

 of Chilwell; and E. Cooling, of Derby. 



The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 



