rinna of mature Frond— under side. 



ASPIDIUM HOOKEEI. 



Wallich. 



PLATE XLVIII. VOL. VI. 



NepJirodium HooJceri, 



J. Smith. Mooee and Houlston. 



Aspidium — The Shield Fern. Hooheri — ^Named after Sir W. J. Hooker, 

 F.R.S., etc., the Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew. 



In the Section Nephrodium of Authors. 



A RARE interesting Fern, best known as the Nephrodium 

 Hookeri. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Native of the East Indies. 



We are indebted to Mr. Henderson, of Wentworth, for 

 bringing this Fern into notice. 



Fronds pinnate and elongate; basal pinnae diminutive, 

 deltoid, deflexed, and gradually increasing in length as they 

 ascend the rachis, being on the upper half elongate-acute, 

 and pinnatifid, four inches long, sub-petiolate, auriculate, the 

 base being truncate-cuneate. 



Sori medial, uniaerial, and scattered over the upper half of 

 the frond. 



