120 ASPIDIUM MACROPHYLLUM. 



Sori reniform, iiniserial, on eitlier side the primary veins^ 

 and commonly situated on the middle of a venule. 



Stipes scaly. Fronds terminal, adherent to an erect fasciculate 

 rhizoma. 



Length of frond from twenty-four to thirty inches; colour 

 pale green. 



Introduced into the Hoyal Gardens, Kew, in 1836, having 

 been introduced by Messrs. Loddiges, but known in England 

 twenty years previous. 



For plants I am indebted to Mr. E. Sim, of Foot's Cray; 

 Mr. Stansfield, of Todmorden; and Messrs. Booth, of Hamburg; 

 and for fronds to M. Schott, Director of the Imperial Gardens 

 of Schonbriinn, near Vienna; Mr. E. Sim, of Foot's Cray; and 

 Messrs. Eollisson, of Tooting. 



It is contained in the Catalogues of Messrs. E. G. Henderson, 

 of St. John's Wood; Veitch, of Chelsea; A. Henderson, of Pine- 

 apple Place; Booth, of Hamburg; Sim, of Foot's Cray; Stansfield, 

 of Todmorden; Eollisson, of Tooting; Kennedy, Of Covent 

 Garden; and Cooling, of Derby. 



The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 



