50 NEPHROLEPIS EXALTATA. 



Rachis and stipes covered with narrow scales of a brown 

 colour. 



Sori circular, transversely uniserial, about twenty pairs on 

 each pinna. Indusium reniform. 



Veins forked; venules direct and free. 



There are about a hundred and twenty pairs of pinnae on 

 each frond. 



Fronds terminal, and adherent in a fascicle to a creeping 

 wiry rhizoma. 



Length of frond from thirty-five to sixty inches, width from 

 two to three inches; colour pale green. 



For plants of this Fern my thanks are due to Mr. Pass, 

 gardener to Mr. Brocklehurst, of The Fence, Macclesfield; 

 to Mr. E. Cooling, Nurseryman, Derby; to Mr. Clarke, of the 

 Royal Gardens, Glasgow; and to Mr. Lamb, gardener to Mr. 

 F. Wright, of Osmaston Manor, near Ashbourne; 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. 



