16 ASPIDIUM GLANDULOSUM. 



attenuate, shortly petiolate; base sub-cordate; margin crenate. 

 Lower pinnae sub-opposite, upper ones alternate. Habit 

 somewhat erect. 



Sori small, reniform; indusium diminutive, being soon hidden 

 by the sori. 



Venules anastomosing, and forming lines between the primary 

 veins, and dividing the entire surface into rectilinear parallelo- 

 grams. 



Fronds lateral, and adherent to a creeping rhizoma. 



Stipes smooth, except when young, then there are a few 

 scattered scales on the upper side. Kachis clothed with very 

 brief stiff hairs. 



Length of frond from twenty-four to thirty-six inches, of 

 which the lower half is naked; colour bright green. 



Known best in gardens as Nephrodium multilineatum, but 

 not Wallich's plant. 



My thanks are due to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of "Wentworth, 

 for fronds of this species. 



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

 A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place. 



The illustration is from Mr. Joseph Henderson's frond. 



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