Jamesonia
(named after Dr. William Jameson, Professor of Botany at Quito). ORD. Filices. A monotypic genus. The species is a greenhouse fern. Sori oblong, placed on the flabbelate veins on the back of the pinnae, remote from the edge. For culture, see Ferns.
J. imbricata (imbricated). rhiz. woody, creeping, black, tortuose. sti. wiry, slender, 3in. to 4in. long. fronds 6in. to 18in. long, two to three lines broad, pinnate; pinnae close, roundish, often spreading horizontally; edge much incurved. Andes, from New Grenada to Peru.