144 ACROSTICHUM LAURIFOLIUM. 



very short, and having a long naked footstalk; apex pointed, 

 but not narrowing materially at the base. 



Rachis and stipes covered with very broad pale red scales. 



Fronds scaly beneath. ^ 



Yeins forked and internal. 



Sori amorphous, and covering the whole under side of the 

 frond, except the midrib; colour reddish brown. 



Length of fertile frond four inches and a half, of which the 

 lower two inches and a half is naked; length of sterile frond 

 six inches, the lower two inches being naked. 



Stipes channeled, and somewhat four-sided. 



My thanks are tendered to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of 

 Went worth, for fronds of this Fern. 



It cannot be procured of any of our Nurserymen. 



The illustration is from Mr. Henderson's fronds. 



