WJi^A 



Pinna of mature Frond— under side. 



ASPIDIUM DECUEEENS. 

 Lowe. 



PLATE V. VOL. VI. 



Aspidium decursive-pinnatum, 

 Lastrea decurrens, 



" decursive-pinnata, 

 Polypodium 

 Phegopteris 



Idiui 



-The Shield Fern. 



KUNZE. 



J. Smith. Mooee & Houlston. 

 Of G-aedens. 

 Of G-ardens. 

 Fee. 



Decur 



-Decurrent. 



In the Section Lastrea of Authors. 



A pretty, rather dwarf, upright-growing Fern. 



Mostly considered greenhouse or half-hardy, and deciduous. 

 Plants exposed to last winter's frost have not been injured; it 

 may therefore be said to be hardy. 



Native of China. 



Received at the Royal Gardens, Kew, from Mr. D. Cameron, 

 in the year 1841. 



Fronds lanceolate in shape, pinnate, pinnae sessile, pinnatifid, 

 decurrent and lobed, forming a sinuous wing to the rachis; 

 lower ones entire and diminutive. Terminal, adherent to a 

 decumbent slightly-tufted rhizoma. 



Sori terminal, or subterminal; indusium small, and speedily 

 becoming obsolete. 



Stipes and rachis paleaceous. 

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