128 ASriDIUM COADUNATUM. 



being far apart; superior pinnules pinnatifid, having a profound- 

 crenate edge, and a decurrent base. 



Sori somewhat reniform. 



Veins pinnate, the venules anastomosing. 



Fronds terminal, adherent to a stout, scaly, and somewhat 

 creeping rhizoma. 



Stipes at the base thickly scattered over with narrow scales. 



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

 pale green. 



Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1845, by Mr. 

 G. Gardner. 



My thanks are due to Mr. J. Henderson, of Wentworth, 

 for a plant of this Fern; and to Mr. R,. Sim, of Foot's Cray, 

 for fronds. 



It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; Sim, 

 of Foot's Cray; and Booth, of Hamburg. 



The illustration is from a frond forsvarded by Mr. H. Sim. 



