i^.C OK c^ ^. 



mMmi^x^ 



Portion of Pinna of mature Frond— under side. 



ASPIBIUM UNITUM. 



SCHKUIIR. KUNZE. SWARTZ. PeTIYER. BuRMANN. 



Sprengel. 



PLATE XLVII. VOL. VI. 



JVeph: 



rodium unitum^ 



E. Beown. J. Smith. Schott 



I a 



MOOEE AND HOULSTON. 



it a 



Peesl. Pee. 



* lucens, 



Of Gaedens. 



' projoinquumi 



E/. Beown. 



Aspidium — The Shield Fern. 



TJnitum — Joined, or Hnked. 



In the Section Nephrodium of Authors. 



The present species is occasionally met with in collections. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of Tropical America, New Holland, and India. 



Fronds pinnate; pinnae ensiform-lanceolate, from five to six 

 inches in length, pinnatifid, with semi-ovate acute segments. 

 Petiolulate, and sub-cordate at the base. 



Fronds glandulose; minutely pubescent beneath. Lateral, 

 adherent to a creeping rhizoma. 



Stipes, when young, of a reddish colour, and having a i^w^ 

 scattered scales at the base. 



Sori medial and uniserial. 



