Pinna of mature Frond— under side. 



ASPIDIUM PUNGENS. 



Kaulfuss. Sprengel. Kunze. Schlechtendal, 

 {not Wallich.) 



PLATE VIII. VOL. VI. 



TolysticJium pungens, 

 Polypodium aculeatum, 



Presl. Mooee and Houlston. 

 J. Smith. Link. Fee. 



Thunberg, [not of Linnaeus.) 



Aspidium — The Shield Fern. 



Pungens — Stinging. 



Another very fine Fern, in the section Polystichum, bearing 

 a viviparous plant near the apex of the frond from the mid- 

 stem; the vivid shining dark green of the frond contrasts 

 greatly with most other Ferns. 



An evergreen warm greenhouse Fern. 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, by Mr. James 

 Bowie, in 1823. 



Fronds ovate-lanceolate in form; bipinnate, pinnules trapezio- 

 oblong, sub falcate; upper base auriculate, lower base truncate- 

 cuneate, petiolate, profoundly serrate, with spinulose teeth on 

 the edge of the pinnules. Terminal, adherent to a short 

 creeping rhizoma. 



Rachis and stipes scaly. 



