48 NEPHROLEPIS PECTINATA. 



Oblong, imbricate; apex rounded; upper base auriculate, lower 

 base truncate; coarsely dentate on the margin. 



Veins forked; venules direct and free. 



Sori circular, transversely uniserial, and attached to the 

 apices of the venules; usually about six pairs on each pinna. 



Fronds terminal and adherent, forming a fascicle on a thin 

 wiry creeping rhizoma. 



The rachis is fluted above, below it is entirely hid, owing 

 to the basal portion of each pinna wrapping quite over it, 

 and this gives the frond a singular and interesting appearance 

 when viewed from beneath. 



Length of frond from twelve to thirty-four inches, width of 

 frond about equal throughout its length, except near the apex; 

 average width from an inch to an inch and a quarter. 

 Colour a yellowish green. 



The different species of NepJirolepis are very readily prop- 

 agated by divisions of the wiry rhizoma; indeed a well- 

 established plant in a half-peck flower-pan will yield hundreds 

 of plants in a few months. By pegging down each rhizoma a 

 plant of almost any size may be obtained. 



For a plant of this Fern my thanks are due to Mr. 

 William Ingram, of Belvoir Castle, and for fronds to M. 

 Schott, of the Imperial Gardens of Schonbriinn, near Vienna. 



It is in all the Nurserymen's Catalogues. 



The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 



