Pinna of mature Frond— under side. 



ASPimUM GLABELLUM. 



PLATE XXXII. VOL. VI. 



Lastrea glabella, 

 Nephrodium glahe> 



J. Smith. Mooee and Houlston. 

 A. Cunningham. 



Aspidium — The Shield Fern. 



Glabellum — Smoothish. 



In the Section Lastrea of Authors. 



An interesting, pretty, dwarf, delicate Fern; rattier rare in 

 cultivation. 



An evergreen warm greenhouse species. 



Native of New Zealand. 



The fronds are glabrous, triangularly-elongate in shape, sub- 

 tripinnate; the pinnae being triangularly-elongate; the pinnules 

 oblong-linear, pinnatifid; the basal pinnules entire; upper ones 

 confluent, having toothed segments. 



Stipes having a few scales near the base. Terminal, adherent 

 to a tufted rhizoma. 



Sori medial. 



Length of frond twelve inches; colour pale green. 



