Pinna under side. 



ASPIDIUM ELONGATUM. 



SwAETz. Hooker and Greville. Fee. 

 Sprengel. Kunze. 



PLATE XXVI. VOL. VI. 



oligodonton, 

 Lastrea elongata, 



(( a 



Polypodium elongattim. 



Desvaux. 



Peesl, J. Smith. 



MOOEE AND HOULSTON. 

 AlTON. 



Aspidium — The Sliield Fern. 



Elongatum — Elongated. 



This interesting Fern, is not very dissimilar to an elongated 

 form of Aspidium Jtlix-mas, and may prove hardy in warm 

 situations. 



A greenhouse species. 



Native of the island of Madeira, Canary Island, Azores, 

 and Teneriffe. 



Introduced into England in the year 1799. 



Fronds glabrous, triangularly elongate in form^ sub-tripinnate; 

 the pinnae triangularly elongate. Pinnules oblong-acute, with 

 slightly dentate blunt segments. Stipes paleaceous. Terminal, 

 adherent to a thick, short, creeping rhizoma. 



Sori medial. 



