Pinna of mature Frond — under side. 



ASPIDIUM YESTITUM. 



SWARTZ. SCHKUHR. KUNZE. KaULFUSS, 



not of SiEBER, nor of Willdenow. 



PLATE XXXVIII. 



Polystichum vestitum, 

 Poly podium " 



Peesl. J. Smith. 



MOOEE AND HOULSTON. FeE. 

 FOESTEE, not of EaDDI. 



-The Shield Fern. 



Vestitum — Clothed. 



In the Section Polystichum of Authors. 



This most interesting species is not generally cultivated, 

 except in our best collections. It has a more dwarf growth 

 than most of the species in the section Polystichum, and makes 

 a very pretty specimen plant. 



An evergreen greenhouse species. 



Native of New Zealand, Tasmania, (Van Diemen's Land,) 

 New Holland, and Chili. 



The present species must not be confounded with the Lastrea 

 vestita of J. Smith, nor with the Polystichum proliferum of 

 Presl: it is not unlike the latter, except in being more rigid. 



