112 POLYPODIUM AURITUM. 



Stipes, rachis, veins, and margin of frond densely yet mi- 

 nutely hirsute. 



Length of frond about sixteen inches, of which the lower 

 four inches is naked. Colour deep green, paler beneath. 



Yeins very conspicuousj darker in colour than the frond. 



My thanks are due to Mr. R. Sim, of Foot's Cray, Kent, for 

 fronds of this species. 



It is in the Catalogue of Mr. R. Sim, of Foot's Cray. 



The illustration is from Mr. Sim's frond. 



