106 ASPIDIUM CONIIFOLIUM- 



Stipes fifteen inches in length, circular, very hirsute, with 

 brown hairs, which are considerably longer near the base. 



Sori large, very copious, eventually becoming confluent, 

 covering the whole under side of the frond, almost touching 

 each other before shedding the indusium; at first white, and 

 when mature reddish brown. 



Indusium reniform; the entire frond covered beneath with 

 sori. 



Fronds lateral, adherent to a small creeping rhizoma. 



Length of frond thirty inches; width at the base fourteen 

 inches; colour deep shining green. 



My thanks are due to Mr. E-. Sim, of Foot's Cray; Mr. J. 

 Smith, of the Royal Gardens, Kew; and to Messrs. E. G. 

 Henderson, for plants of this species; and to Mr. G. Norman, 

 of Hull, for fronds. 



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

 E. G. Henderson, of St. John's Wood; Rollisson, of Tooting; 

 Yeitch, of Chelsea; and Kennedy, of Covent Garden. 



The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 



