Ferns: British and . Portion of Piuna of mature Frond—under side. POLYPODIUM DREPANUM. Lowe. PLATE XXXIV. VOL. IT. Polystichum drepanum, Aspidium Phegopteris Peesl. Mooee and Houlston. Smith. swaetz. schkuhe. J. Smith. Polypodium—Polypody. Drepanum—Sickle. The Polypodium drepanum is so exactly like a Polystichtwiin its habit and general appearance, that botanists have beeninduced to place it among those species, on the authority ofSwartz, that it has an indusium, which is cordate-subrotund inform, and very minute. However the Rev. W. W. Spicer hasstudied it in its own country, growing
Ferns: British and . Portion of Piuna of mature Frond—under side. POLYPODIUM DREPANUM. Lowe. PLATE XXXIV. VOL. IT. Polystichum drepanum, Aspidium Phegopteris Peesl. Mooee and Houlston. Smith. swaetz. schkuhe. J. Smith. Polypodium—Polypody. Drepanum—Sickle. The Polypodium drepanum is so exactly like a Polystichtwiin its habit and general appearance, that botanists have beeninduced to place it among those species, on the authority ofSwartz, that it has an indusium, which is cordate-subrotund inform, and very minute. However the Rev. W. W. Spicer hasstudied it in its own country, growing wild; and Mr. JosephHenderson, of Wentworth, has also carefully examined cultivatedplants, and both these gentlemen have failed to discover anindusium. Mr. Smith, of the Royal Gardens, Kew, in his 74 POLYPODIUM DREFANUM. Iecent ^Catalogue of Ferns, places it amongst the Polypodiumtribe, in the section Phegopteris. It has therefore been con-sidered advisable to follow the latter authority, especially as acareful examina
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