100 ASPIDIUM CORIACEUM. 



A warm greenhouse or stove Fern. 



Native of the south of Africa — Cape of Good Hope. 



Fronds triangular in form, spreading, erect in habit, stout, 

 dull green, tripinnate; pinnules pinnatifid and slightly recurved. 



Stipes and rachis everywhere hirsute, with broad dark scales 

 scattered here and there, darker and larger near the base. 

 Stipes very stout. 



Rhizoma densely scaly, and creeping. 



Sori copious, occupying the whole frond, smaller than in 

 A. capense. 



Length of frond thirty-six inches ; width at base about twenty 

 inches. Stipes sixteen inches in length. 



For a plant and fronds of this Fern I am indebted to Mr. 

 E.. Sim, of Foot's Cray. 



It may be procured of Mr. R. Sim. 



The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 



