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NEPHROLEPIS ENSIFOLIA. 



Fronds terminal, and adherent in a fascicle to an exceedingly 

 slender creeping rhizoma. 



Eachis and stipes covered with woolly scales. 



Fronds reclining. 



Length of frond from thirty-six to forty-eight inches; length 

 of pinnge from four to five inches. Colour bright green. 



For a plant and fronds of N. platyotis my thanks are due 

 to Mr. Henderson, of Wentworth. 



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

 of Foot's Cray; Booth, of Hamburg; and Cooling, of Derby. 



The illustration is from a frond sent by Mr. Henderson, 

 of Wentworth. 



