136 ACROSTICUUM BREVIPES. 



Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1841 ^ 

 having been received from the Royal Gardens of Berlin, 



Fronds simple and glabrous. Fertile frond erect in habit, 

 ovate-elliptical, and acuminate. Sterile frond ovate or oblong- 

 acuminate, coriaceous, undulated, and roundish at the base. 



Stipes and rachis dark purple in colour beneath, green above. 



Fronds articulated near the rhizoma. 



Rhizoma scaly and creeping. 



Length of fertile frond twelve inches, of sterile frond twelve 

 to eighteen inches. Colour a deep shining green. 



Sori amorphous, and densely covering the under side of the 

 frond. 



Veins forked and free. 



For a plant my thanks are due to Messrs. A. Henderson, 

 of Pine-apple Place Nursery. 



It may be procured of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; RoUis- 

 son, of Tooting; A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place; E. G. 

 Henderson, of Wentworth; Jackson, of Kingston; Sim, of 

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



The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 



