86 ASPIDIUM TRIFOLIATUM. 



inferior pinnae petiolate, in form nearly triangular trilobate; base 

 cordate; lobes acuminate; centre one largest. Margin bluntly 

 crenate. Superior pinnae oblong-acuminate, petiolate, base 

 cordate-auriculate; terminal one triangular, sinuately-pinnatifid; 

 segments acuminate; lower ones longest. 



Fronds fertile throughout. Stipes dark brown in colour, 

 having a few scattered scales near the base. 



Sori circular. Indusium peltate. 



Length from twelve to eighteen inches; colour pale green. 



My thanks are due to Mr. Stratton, Curator of the Cambridge 

 Botanic Gardens; and to Mr. Clarke, Curator of the Royal 

 Gardens, Glasgow; for plants of this species. 



It may be procured from the following Nurserymen: Booth 

 and Sons, of Hamburg; Sim, of Foot's Cray; Yeitch, Jun., of 

 Chelsea; E,ollisson, of Tooting; Kennedy, of Covent Garden; 

 Stansfield, of Todmorden; E. G. Henderson, of St. John's Wood; 

 and A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place. 



The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 



