Pinna of mature Frond— upper side. 



ASPIDIUM FALCINELLUM. 



SWARTZ. KUNZE. 

 PLATE VII. VOL. VI. 



Aspidium auriculatum. Of Gaedens. (not of Swartz.) 



Polystichum falcinellum, Presl. Moore & Houlston. Smith. 



Aspidium — The Shield Feru. Falcinellum — Small sickle. 



In the Section Polystichum of Authors. 



One of the most attractive Ferns in the section Polystichum, 

 the large bold sori, and the pretty and conspicuous indusium, 

 places this Fern in high estimation among growers of orna- 

 mental plants. 



An evergreen greenhouse Fern. 



From the Island of Madeira. 



Cultivated in the Royal Gardens^ Kew, in 1820. 



Fronds oblong-lanceolate in form; pinnate, the pinnae being 

 linear-oblong, petiolate, acute; superior base auriculate, inferior 

 base obliquely truncate, the edges of the frond doubly serrate. 

 Fronds terminal; adherent to a fasciculate tufted rhizoma. 



Length from twelve to eighteen inches; colour bright green. 



For plants of this species I am indebted to Mr. R. Sim, of 

 Foot's Cray, Kent; and for fronds to Mr. R. Grey, of St. 

 Thomas' Exeter, and to Mr. Norman, of Hull. 



It is in the Catalogues of Messrs. A. Henderson, of Pine- 



