Ferns: British and . XL I. Portion of Pinna of mature Frond—upper side. POLYPQDIUM TERMINALE. Sprengel. Link. Kunze. PLATE XLIV. VOL. II. PJiymatodes terminale^Chrysopteris J. Polypodium—Polypody. Terminate— Terminal. In the Section Drynaria of Authors. A very dissimilar species to the other Ferns of the sectionDrynaria. An evergreen stove Fern. Native of the East Indies. Fronds pinnate below, pinnatifid above, and triangularly-ovate in form; veins and midrib of frond ebeneous; veinsinternal, scarcely visible, compound anastomosing, and haveclub-headed apices. Destitute of
Ferns: British and . XL I. Portion of Pinna of mature Frond—upper side. POLYPQDIUM TERMINALE. Sprengel. Link. Kunze. PLATE XLIV. VOL. II. PJiymatodes terminale^Chrysopteris J. Polypodium—Polypody. Terminate— Terminal. In the Section Drynaria of Authors. A very dissimilar species to the other Ferns of the sectionDrynaria. An evergreen stove Fern. Native of the East Indies. Fronds pinnate below, pinnatifid above, and triangularly-ovate in form; veins and midrib of frond ebeneous; veinsinternal, scarcely visible, compound anastomosing, and haveclub-headed apices. Destitute of scales, except near the rhizoma. Length of frond twenty-one inches, of which one-half isnaked; the width is less than it otherwise would be, owing tothe pinnae near the base being more or less parallel with theVOL. II. 0 I 98 POLYPODIUM TERMINALE. racliis, in the widest part only ten inches, although the longestpinnjE are six inches and a half, which, if placed at right anglesto the stipes, would give a width of thirteen inc
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