Ferns: British and . Mature Frond—upper side. POLYFODIUM SQUAMULOSUM. KUNZE. PLATE XXIX. B. VOL. II. AND PLATE L. VOL. I. This species was figured on plate L. vol. 1, and describedon page 145 of that volume. When it was then described it hadnot fructified in England; since then Mr. Downs, of Ilfra-combe, has forwarded me fertile fronds; and within the last twomonths my own plant has also put on fertile fronds. Under thesecircumstances it has been deemed desirable to give an illus-tration shewing the manner of fructification, especially as thefertile fronds are very different in form,
Ferns: British and . Mature Frond—upper side. POLYFODIUM SQUAMULOSUM. KUNZE. PLATE XXIX. B. VOL. II. AND PLATE L. VOL. I. This species was figured on plate L. vol. 1, and describedon page 145 of that volume. When it was then described it hadnot fructified in England; since then Mr. Downs, of Ilfra-combe, has forwarded me fertile fronds; and within the last twomonths my own plant has also put on fertile fronds. Under thesecircumstances it has been deemed desirable to give an illus-tration shewing the manner of fructification, especially as thefertile fronds are very different in form, being contracted soas to become almost linear. For further description see vol. 1,page 145. The illustration is from Mr. Downs 1 O L y P O D 1 u
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