198 MOHRIA THUR1FRAGA. 



Stipes and rachis very scaly; scales reddish. Leafy almost 

 to the base. 



Length of frond from twelve to twenty-four inches. 



The fertile fronds are longer than the sterile ones, and the 

 contraction of their lobes over the seed-masses gives them a 

 very elegant appearance. 



There is a variety known in gardens as Mohria achillccefolia, 

 named after the Yarrow, f Achillea millefolium, J the barren 

 fronds of which it much resembles; this is dwarfer in habit, 

 being only from six to nine inches in length, the barren 

 fronds shortest and spreading, the fertile ones erect. A rare, 

 lovely Fern. 



For plants I am indebted to Mr. D. Moore, of the Glasnevin 

 Gardens, and to Mr. J. Henderson, of Wentworth'; and for 

 fronds to Mr. J. Henderson; Mr. Norman, of Hull; and M. 

 Schott, of the Imperial Gardens, Schonbriinn. 



It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Sim, of Foot's Cray; 

 Veitch, of Chelsea; Rollisson, of Tooting; E. G. Henderson, 

 of St. John's Wood: A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place; 

 Kennedy, of Covent Garden; Cooling, of Derby; and Booth, 

 of Hamburg. 



The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 



