Piima of mature Frond— imder side. 



ASPIDIUM TPJFOLIATUM. 



SWARTZ. SCHKUHR. HoOKER. SCHOTT. J. SmITH. 

 KUNZE. WiLLDENOW. PlUMIER. MoORE AND HOULSTON. 



PLATE XXIX. VOL. VI. 



Pol.ypod'mm trifoliatum, 

 BatJiium " 



Aspidium keracleifbllum, 

 Folypodiu7n Pica, 

 Aspidium " 



LiNNiEUS. Jacquin. 

 Fee. Link. 



AViLLDENOW. PlUMIEE. 

 POIEET. 



Desvaux. 



Aspidium — The Shield Fern. 



TrifuliaUun — Three -leay eel. 



When well grown this Fern is a magnificent species, itia 

 bold-looking fronds and gigantic fructification must always place 

 it amongst the most conspicuous of our favourite Ferns. 



A stove evergreen species. 



Native of the West Indies and Tropical America, Jamaica, 

 and St. Domingo. 



Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1769. 



M'onds glabrous, pinnate, somewhat erect in habit. The 



