Ferns: British and . Pinna of mature Frond—under side. POLYPODIUM FOEMOSUM. Eaddi. Presl. PLATE LIII. VOL. II. Phegopteris formosa,JPolypodium corcovadense, grande, splendidum, ** macropterum, Fee. J. , ?Kaulfuss. JPo lyp odium—Polypody. Formosum—Beautiful. In the Section Phegopteris of some Authors. This grand Fern is very rare in cultivation; it thrives wellwith ordinary treatment, and is capable of being made a veryhandsome exhibition plant. An evergreen stove species. Native of Brazil. 116 POLYPOUIUM FORMOSUM. Caudex upright, and densely covered with
Ferns: British and . Pinna of mature Frond—under side. POLYPODIUM FOEMOSUM. Eaddi. Presl. PLATE LIII. VOL. II. Phegopteris formosa,JPolypodium corcovadense, grande, splendidum, ** macropterum, Fee. J. , ?Kaulfuss. JPo lyp odium—Polypody. Formosum—Beautiful. In the Section Phegopteris of some Authors. This grand Fern is very rare in cultivation; it thrives wellwith ordinary treatment, and is capable of being made a veryhandsome exhibition plant. An evergreen stove species. Native of Brazil. 116 POLYPOUIUM FORMOSUM. Caudex upright, and densely covered with dark reddishbrown long scales. Stipes and rachis scaly, especially near the base. Fronds pinnate, pinnee pinnatifid, being deeply so near thebase. Pinnae linear-lanceolate; pinnules rounded. Apex bothof frond and pinna; acuminate. Pinnae short-stalked and as-cending. Inferior basal pinnule larger than the rest, and oftensplit quite to the stem. Fronds triangularly-elongate in form. Sori covering the whole underside of
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