Ferns: British and . ^ Portion of mature Frond.—under side. POLYPODIUM PECTUSTATUM. LiNN^us. Plumier. J. Smith. Moore and Kunze. Schkuhr. Plukenet. Fee. PLATE XXI. VOL. II. Polypodiwm—Polypody. Pectinatum—Qomb-leaved. The Polypodium pectinatum of Linnseus is a somewhat similarlooking species to the P. paradisece of LangsdorfF and Fischer,figured in the present volume, Plate I., and described at page1, and also bears some resemblance to the more dwarf P. plu-mula of Humboldt and Bonpland, figured on Plate XLI., , and described on page 123: this latter
Ferns: British and . ^ Portion of mature Frond.—under side. POLYPODIUM PECTUSTATUM. LiNN^us. Plumier. J. Smith. Moore and Kunze. Schkuhr. Plukenet. Fee. PLATE XXI. VOL. II. Polypodiwm—Polypody. Pectinatum—Qomb-leaved. The Polypodium pectinatum of Linnseus is a somewhat similarlooking species to the P. paradisece of LangsdorfF and Fischer,figured in the present volume, Plate I., and described at page1, and also bears some resemblance to the more dwarf P. plu-mula of Humboldt and Bonpland, figured on Plate XLI., , and described on page 123: this latter Fern seems to be theP. Schkuhrii of Paddi. An evergreen stove species. Native of Tropical America and the West Indies. Introduced into this country in the year 1793. Fronds sub-pinnate, the pinnee being linear, parallel, and hori-zontal. Pubescent, lateral, articulated on a creeping rhizoma. Length of frond from twelve to thirty inches; colour dullgreen. Stipes and rachis black. Sori circular, uniserial; colour a rich yellowish brown,
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