Portion of mature Frond— under side. 



ASPIDIUM MUCKONATUM. 



S'\YAIITZ. SCHKUHR. KUNZE. SpRENGEL. SlOAN. 



PLATE XXXI. B. VOL. VI. 



inucronatum, 

 N&pTirodium Sloanei, 



Peesl. J. Smith. Fee. 



MOOEE AND HoULSTOiSr. 



Peesl. 



Aspidium — Tlie Sliield Fern. Mucronatum — Sharp-pointed. 



In the Section Polystichum of Authors. 



A lovely dwarf, close-growing, evergreen, scarce species; 

 seldom to be met with in private collections. Easily cultivated. 



A stove Fern. 



Native of Jamaica. 



Introduced into England in the year 1838. 



Fronds pinnate, linear-lanceolate in form; pinnse petiolate, 

 oblong-ovate, mucronate; lower ones sub-hastate; superior base 

 auriculate; inferior base obliquely wedge-shaped; margin serrate, 

 with long spiny teeth. 



