10 ASPIDIUM SPINESCENS. 



The fronds, which are lateral, are adherent to a creeping 

 scaly rhizoma. 



Sori sub-marginal. 



Stipes scaly. 



Length from eighteen to twenty-four inches; colour dull 

 green. 



For a frond my thanks are due to Mr. Thomas Moore, of 

 Chelsea. 



It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Yeitch, of Chelsea; E. 

 G. Henderson, of St. John's Wood; and Sim, of Foot's Cray. 



The illustration is from Mr. Moore's frond. 



