AN ENUMERATION OF FERNS CULTIVATED IN THE ROYAL 
GARDENS AT KEW, IN DECEMBER 1845; WITH CHARAC- 
TERS AND OBSERVATIONS ON SOME OF THE GENERA AND 
SPECIES; BY W. J. SMITH, CURATOR. 
RRA ARE AAA 
Division I. POLYPODIACEA, R. Br. 
Tribe I. POLYPODIEA, J. Sm.* 
Section 1. OrrHopHiesies, J. Sm. 
1. Gramuitis, Linn.; J. Sm. 
1. G. australis, 2. Br. 
Has. New Holland. Introduced 1833, by 2. Cunningham. 
2. Potypoprum, Linn.; J. Sm. 
* Fronds in vernation lateral, articulated on the creeping rhizoma. 
1. P. aspleniifolium, Linn. ; Hort. Kew. 
2. P. pectinatum, Linn.; Hort. Kew. 
3. P. Paradisee, Lang. et Fisch. Ic. Fil. t. 11. 
Has. Brazil. Received in 1841, from the Royal Botanic Garden of 
Berlin. 
4. P. vulgare, Linn.; Hort. Kew. 
8, Cambricum, Linn.; Hort. Kew. 
5. P. subpetiolatum, Hook. Ic. Plant. tab. 391. 
Has. Mexico. Received in 1845, from Mr. D. Cameron. 
** Fronds in vernation lateral, adherent to the creeping rhizoma. 
6. P. Phegopteris, Linn. ; Hort. Kew. 
7. P. Dryopteris, Linn.; Hort. Kew. 
8. P. calcareum, Sm.; Hort. Kew. 
*** Fronds in vernation terminal, adherent, forming a cxspitose or short 
creeping rhizoma. 
9. P. divergens, Willd. P. multifidum, Jacq. Ic. Rar, t. 643. 
Has. West Indies and warm parts of South America. Received in 1841 
from the Royal Botanic Garden of Berlin. 
* J. Smith on the Genera of Ferns, in Hook. Journ. Bot. vol. 4. p. 38. 
