Ferns: British and . species begin. An evergreen stove Fern. Native of South America, Mexico, and Cumana. Fronds deeply pinnatifid; segments narrowly lanceolate inform, somewhat acute, approximate, the edge moderately reflexed; VOL. II. E 28 POLYPODIUM AREOLATUM. the frond becoming gradually narrower towards the apex jobtusely-elongate. Length of frond from one to two feet; glaucous underneath. Sori uniserial. Link, in his Filicum Species, remarks, Nostrum est , Schiedei, nam Willdenowii planta minor est subtusnon glaucescens, nee tam profunde pinnatifida. Polyp, sporado-ca
Ferns: British and . species begin. An evergreen stove Fern. Native of South America, Mexico, and Cumana. Fronds deeply pinnatifid; segments narrowly lanceolate inform, somewhat acute, approximate, the edge moderately reflexed; VOL. II. E 28 POLYPODIUM AREOLATUM. the frond becoming gradually narrower towards the apex jobtusely-elongate. Length of frond from one to two feet; glaucous underneath. Sori uniserial. Link, in his Filicum Species, remarks, Nostrum est , Schiedei, nam Willdenowii planta minor est subtusnon glaucescens, nee tam profunde pinnatifida. Polyp, sporado-carpuTTij Willd. sec. Hbr., raajus quidem est, et non tam profundepinnatifidum, sed tamen valde affine et vix specie diversum. For a plant and fronds of this species I am indebted toMr. Henderson, of Wentworth. It is in the Catalogue of Mr. Kennedy, of the BedfordConservatory, Covent Garden. The illustration is from a frond forwarded by Mr. Henderson,of Wentworth. r o L ^: r 01! i; m m e i; i a c i :-? o l i u Portion of Piaua of mature Froad—under side. POLYPODIUM MENISCIFOLIUM. LiNN^us, {not Langsdorff and Fisher, nor Kunze.) PLATE XIII. VOL. II. Goniophlehium meniscifolium, a if neriifolium, Polyjaodium Preslianum,** longifoliurriy J. Smith. Link,mooee and houlston,Of Polypodium—Polypody. Meniscifolium—Meniscium-leaved. In the Section Goniophlebium of Authors. A tall-growing species, commonly to be met with in mostcollections, requiring no care, and growing rapidly. An evergreen stove Fern. Native of Brazil. The fronds pinnate, the pinnae being lanceolate-acuminate inform, undulated, and from six to eight inches in length, theupper base being adnate, and the inferior one somewhat , articulated on a scaly creeping rhizoma. Stipes and rachis green. Length of frond from three to four feet; colour bright shininggreen. 30 POLYPODIUM MENISCIFOLIUM. Sori usually biserial, bold, circular, and yellowish brown. Introdu
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