% aspidium recedens. 



In the Section Lastrea of Authors. 



This handsome rare Fern is only to be found in the best 

 collections. 



Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, by Dr. Gardner, 

 about the year 1845. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Native of Ceylon and the Philippine Islands. 



The fronds are deltoid, glandulose, densely pubescent, 

 tripinnate, and somewhat erect in habit; the pinnules oblong- 

 linear and acute, the base decurrent, profoundly pinnatifid, 

 having brief dentate segments. 



Stipes scaly at the base. 



Fronds lateral, being adherent to a creeping rhizoma. 



Sori sub-marginal. Indusium frequently peltate. 



Length from eighteen to twenty-four inches; colour pale 

 green. 



For fronds my obligations are due to Mr. Thomas Moore, 

 of Chelsea, and to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of Wentworth. 



It does not appear to be in any of the Nurserymen's 

 Catalogues. 



The illustration is from a frond sent by Mr. Moore, of 

 Chelsea. 



