HYMENOPHYLLUM SCABRUM. 



A. Richard. Hooker. (Not of Less.) 



I£i/menopkyllum — Meinbrane-leiived. 



Stahrum — Rough. 



A BEAUTIFUL, TricJiomanes-\ookviig, greenhouse Fern from 

 New Zealand. 



The fronds, -which are rigid and erect, are pinnate, ovate 

 in form, and acuminate; the pinna3 are bi-tripinnatifid and 

 acuminate, the segments entire and narrow; stems rough with 

 pale chaffy hairs. 



Length of frond twelve to eighteen inches. 



Involucres small, terminal, somewhat orbicular, sessile, free, 

 and two-valved. 



Allied to Hijmenojiltyllum demissum. 



Requires a very humid, rather airy atmosphere, with a 

 temperature ranging between 40° and 65°. 



Fronds were kindly communicated by ]\Ir. Backhouse, of 

 York. 



