Pinna of mature Frond under side. 



ASPIDIUM MOLLE. 



SWARTZ. KUNZE. LiNK. WiLLDEXOW. 



Eabdi. Sprengel. 



SCEKUHR. 



PLATE XXX. VOL. YI. 



Asjoidium violascens, 

 Nejplirodium molle, 



Poly podium 



pubescens, 

 nymphalei 



Link. 



E. Beo^x. Schott. J. Smith. 



Pee. i\IooEE and Houlston. 



Peesl. 



Don. 



Jacquin. 



schkuhe. porstee. 



Aspidium — The SHeld Fern. 



JfoZZe— Soft. 



In the Section Nephrodium of Authors. 



Although a very common, still a very desirable free-growing 

 species, and well adapted for cultivating as a specimen. In a 

 greenhouse or stove there can scarcely be a greater weed than 

 Nephrodium molle, as it is so readily propagated from spores. 



Introduced into England in the year 1820. 



A stove or warm greenhouse species, from Tropical America, 

 Brazil, E,io de Janerio, Mauritius, and Mexico. 



Fronds lanceolate and pubescent; the pinnae being linear- 



