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united to the stalk by their midvein). This handsome Fern is readily pro- 

 pagated by its spores, which are abundantly produced and disposed one 

 mass to a pinnule, on the midvein of which they are attached by a very 

 short stalk. — Hooker^ Species Filicum, i., p. 59. Nicholson, Dictionary of 

 Gardening, i., p. 461. Beddome, Ferns of Southern India, t. 257. 



