Portion of fertile Frond. 



LYGODIUM JAPONICUM. 



Swartz. Moore. 



PLATE LXXII. 



VOL. VIII. 



Lygodium scandens, 



Of Gardens. 



Lygodium — From lygodes, flexible, in allusion to the twining habit of 

 the plants. Japonicum — Japanese. 



A very pretty climbing Fern. 



A stove species. 



Native of China and Japan. 



Rachis scandent; fronds branched, mostly conjugate; fertile 

 fronds contracted. 



Veins forked; venules free, in the fertile spikelets pinnate. 



Fructification compressed, dichotomous spikelets, exserted on 

 the marginal teeth. 



The fronds, which are twining, extend to an indefinite length. 



For plants my thanks are offered to Mr. Joseph Henderson, 

 of Wentworth; Mr. A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place; Mr. 

 Stratton, of the Cambridge Botanic Gardens; Mr. Lamb, of 



