Portion of barren Frond — upper side. 



HYMENOPHYLLUM POLYANTHOS. 



SWARTZ. WlLLDENOW. HOOKER. HEDWIG. 



PLATE VIII. — A. VOL. VIII. 



Hymenophyllum abietinum, 

 Jalapense, 



Badium, 



riccicefolium, 

 clavatum, 



sanguinolen turn, 



villosum, 

 Trichomanes sanguinolentum, 



Kunze. Hooker & Greville. 

 Chamisso & Schlechtendal. 

 Martens and Galleotti. 

 Wallich. (Not Hooker and 



Greville.) 

 Klotzsch. 



SWARTZ. WlLLDENOW. KlJNZE. 



Hedwig. 



swartz. schkuhr. hedwig. 



WlLLDENOW. 



COLENSO. 



FoRSTER. 



Hymenophyllum — Membrane-leaved. 



Polyanthos — Many-flowered. 



An interesting species, subject to much variety in form, 

 having very^ slender, arching, elegant, filmy fronds. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of the West Indian Islands, Peru, Mexico, Guiana, 

 Surinam, Brazil, Nepal, Assam, Philippine Islands, Jamaica, 

 St. Vincent, Luzon, Juan Fernandez, and New Zealand. 



