Ferns: British and . POL D I C U L A T U 1/ XIX— Portion of mature Frond—under side. POLYPODIUM J. Smith. PLATE XIX. VOL. II. Folypodium scriptiim, Of Gardens. Goniophlehium appendiculatum, Moore. Polypodium—Polypody. Appendiculatum—Appendaged. This very beautiful Fern is but little known amongst culti-vators generally. The club-headed apices of the veins and theveins themselves being bright purple crimson, the frond has asingularly beautiful appearance. An evergreen stove Fern. Native of Mexico. Fronds deeply pinnatifid or subpinnate, segments linear-oblon
Ferns: British and . POL D I C U L A T U 1/ XIX— Portion of mature Frond—under side. POLYPODIUM J. Smith. PLATE XIX. VOL. II. Folypodium scriptiim, Of Gardens. Goniophlehium appendiculatum, Moore. Polypodium—Polypody. Appendiculatum—Appendaged. This very beautiful Fern is but little known amongst culti-vators generally. The club-headed apices of the veins and theveins themselves being bright purple crimson, the frond has asingularly beautiful appearance. An evergreen stove Fern. Native of Mexico. Fronds deeply pinnatifid or subpinnate, segments linear-oblong,acute, or attenuate; lower one sublobate. Form of the frondoblong or elongately triangular, with a broad base of from fourto five inches wide. Rachis, costa, and veins purplish crimson in colour. Stipesfive inches in length, and when mature greenish. E,hizoma green, smoothish, and creeping, and having brownscales. Length twelve inches; colour pale green. Sori small and sub-immersed, uniserial, situated on the apicesof the lower anterior veinlets. 42
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