Ferns: British and . POLYPODIUM GRACILIS. r. RE PENS. IX—VOL. Portion of mature Frond—under side. POLYPODIUM GRACILIS. Lowe. PLATE IX. A. VOL. II. Goniopteris gracilis. Moore and Houlston. Polypodium—Polypody. Gracilis—Slender. In the Section Goniopteris of Authors. This pretty little Fern has only lately been brought intonotice; it is not unlike Polypodium reptans in general appear-ance, having slender weeping fronds. A somewhat rare species. Fronds erect and narrow-elongate-lanceolate in form, beingpinnate below, but pinnatifid and proliferous above. Lower pinnaescarcely stalked
Ferns: British and . POLYPODIUM GRACILIS. r. RE PENS. IX—VOL. Portion of mature Frond—under side. POLYPODIUM GRACILIS. Lowe. PLATE IX. A. VOL. II. Goniopteris gracilis. Moore and Houlston. Polypodium—Polypody. Gracilis—Slender. In the Section Goniopteris of Authors. This pretty little Fern has only lately been brought intonotice; it is not unlike Polypodium reptans in general appear-ance, having slender weeping fronds. A somewhat rare species. Fronds erect and narrow-elongate-lanceolate in form, beingpinnate below, but pinnatifid and proliferous above. Lower pinnaescarcely stalked, distant, deflexed, and obliquely subhastate;central pinnae oblong-obtuse, falcate, adnate, and scarcely sub-hastate; near the base slightly crenate-lobate, otherwise entire;upper pinnse shorter and confluent. Rachis and the nerves beneath pubescent, with diminutive forked hairs; barren fronds more spreading, shorter, and the pinnae placed closer together. Fronds terminal and adherent; both barren and fertile fronds bearing proliferous buds fromVOL. n. D 20 POLYP
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