Pinna of mature Frond. 



ASPIDIUM PTEEOIDES, 



SWARTZ. 

 PLATE XLIV. VOL. VI. 



Nephrodium pteroides, 

 Polypodium pteroides, 

 Aspidium terminans, 

 Nephrodium terminans, 

 " Cuming ii, 



J. Smith. 



E.ETZIUS. 



WaLLICH. MoOEE & HOULSTON. KUNZE, 



J. Smith. Fee. 

 J. Smith. 



Aspidium — The Shield Fern. 



Pteroides — Fern-like. 



In the Section Nephrodium of Authors. 



Aspidium pteroides, better known as Nephrodiwn terminans 

 in our British collections, is a handsome Fern, differing more 

 especially from others in the same section in the position of 

 its fructification. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of the East Indies, the island of Ceylon, and the 

 Philippine Islands. 



Fronds pinnate. Pinnce pinnatifid, linear-lanceolate in form, 

 petiolulate, in some degree membranous, subcordate at the base, 

 and obtusely lobed. 



