Portion of fertile Frond— under side. 



ALSOPHILA CAPENSIS. 



J. Smith. Hooker. Kunze. Moore and Houlston. 



PLATE LXII. VOL. VIII. 



Polypodium capense, 

 Hemitelia capensis, 



brasiliensis, 

 Gardneriana, 

 riparia, 

 Cyathea riparia, 

 " capensis, 

 " monosorata, 

 " polypodioides, 

 Aspidium capense, 

 AmpTiicosmia riparia, 

 " capensis, 



Cormophyllum capensis, 

 Trichomanes ? cormophyllum, 



LlNNiEUS. 



E. Beown. Hookee. Peesl. Fee. 

 Mabtius. Kaulfuss. Speengel. 

 Desvaux. Schlechtendal. Kunze. 

 Blume. Mettenius. 



GaEDNEK. 



Peesl. 



Desvaux. 



Willdenow. 



Smith. 



Willdenow. 



Swaetz. Speengel. Hookee. 



Swaetz. Desvaux. 



GrAEDNEE. 

 MOOEE. 



Newman. 

 Kaulfuss. 



Alsophila — From alsos — a grove, and philos — to live, alluding to the 

 habitat of the Ferns. Capensis — Cape of Good Hope. 



A handsome, large, and arborescent Fern, not found in or- 

 dinary collections; and in its native countries growing in moist, 

 watery places, and in mountain ravines. 



An evergreen stove species. 



