92 HEMIONITIS PALMATA. 



Fronds palmate or ivy-leaf-shaped, from two to three inches 

 wide, simple, with five oblong segments, lobed bluntly or 

 crenulate. Terminal, being hirsute both above and below. 



The habit of the sterile fronds is horizontal, whilst that 

 of the fertile ones is erect. The fronds are viviparous, bearing 

 many young plants on their upper surface. 



Khizoma fasciculate. 



Sori linear and reticulated, eventually becoming confluent. 



Veins reticulated. 



Length of frond from six to ten inches. 



Rachis and stipes covered with red hairs. 



For a plant my thanks are due to Mr. Dryden, gardener to 

 Mr. Evans, of Allestre Hall, near Derby. 



It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting; 

 Jackson, of Kingston; Veitch, of Chelsea; E. G. Henderson, 

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

 Pine-apple Place; Stansfield, of Todmorden; Booth, of Ham- 

 burg; and Cooling, of Derby. 



The illustrations are from a plant in my own collection. 



