Ferns: British and . Mature Plant—upper side. POLYPODIUM FILIPES. Lowe. PLATE XXXVIII. VOL. II. ArtJiropteris Jllipes, MooEE. J. Smith. Fo lypodium—Polypody. Filij)es—Thread-footed. A si:ngular^ very dwarf, creeping species, only recently in-troduced into our collections, having been described, in 1855,by Mr. T. Moore, of the Chelsea Botanic Gardens. An. evergreen greenhouse species. Native of New Zealand. Fronds simple, elliptic, lanceolate, or oblong-ovate, with asmall lobe or two at the base, often pinnate, with two or threepairs of diminutive oblong-obtuse pinnae, and a terminal l
Ferns: British and . Mature Plant—upper side. POLYPODIUM FILIPES. Lowe. PLATE XXXVIII. VOL. II. ArtJiropteris Jllipes, MooEE. J. Smith. Fo lypodium—Polypody. Filij)es—Thread-footed. A si:ngular^ very dwarf, creeping species, only recently in-troduced into our collections, having been described, in 1855,by Mr. T. Moore, of the Chelsea Botanic Gardens. An. evergreen greenhouse species. Native of New Zealand. Fronds simple, elliptic, lanceolate, or oblong-ovate, with asmall lobe or two at the base, often pinnate, with two or threepairs of diminutive oblong-obtuse pinnae, and a terminal lance-olate-acuminate one much larger; obscurely crenate, and in aslight degree hairy on the veins beneath. Rachis and stipes covered with short hairs. 84 POLYPODIUM FILIPES. Rhizoma exceedingly slender, filiform covered with lance-shaped fuscous scales. Veins forked once or twice, and terminate within the marginin club-shaped heads. Sori submarginal. Length of frond from two to four inches; colour dull green. This speci
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