Ferns: British and . Portion of mature Frond—under side. POLYPODIUM HAST^FOLIUM. SWARTZ. HOOKEE AND GrEVILLE. KuNZE. PrESL. FeE. PLATE LV. VOL. II. PJiegopteris hastcefolia, J. Smith. Peesl. Polypodium hastatum, Sweet. Speengel. Polypodium—Polypody. Hastcefolium—Spear-leaved. In the Section Phegopteris of Authors. An almost unknown Fern in English gardens, although in-troduced as long ago as 1820. An evergreen stove Fern. Native of Jamaica. Form of the frond a lengthened ovate-lanceolate; diminutive near the base. Frond widest two-thirds ofthe way up, and then narrowing
Ferns: British and . Portion of mature Frond—under side. POLYPODIUM HAST^FOLIUM. SWARTZ. HOOKEE AND GrEVILLE. KuNZE. PrESL. FeE. PLATE LV. VOL. II. PJiegopteris hastcefolia, J. Smith. Peesl. Polypodium hastatum, Sweet. Speengel. Polypodium—Polypody. Hastcefolium—Spear-leaved. In the Section Phegopteris of Authors. An almost unknown Fern in English gardens, although in-troduced as long ago as 1820. An evergreen stove Fern. Native of Jamaica. Form of the frond a lengthened ovate-lanceolate; diminutive near the base. Frond widest two-thirds ofthe way up, and then narrowing to the apex. Pinnse lanceolate and pinnatifid, base auriculate both aboveand below. Veins forked. Sori large, uniserial, medial, and from ten to fourteen pairson each pinna. Length from six to seven inches; colour dull green. A curious dwarf species, strikingly distinct, and easily recog-nised by its basal segments. VOL. II. R 120 POLYPODIUM HAST-^EFOLIUM. The Fern has been very aptly named hastsefolium. It appears to^
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