Pinna ol" fertile Frond— under side. 



ASPIDIUM AETICULATUM. 



Lowe, {not of Swaetz nor Sprengel.) 



PLATE XLIX. VOL. VI. 



JS'ephrodmm articulatum, 



J. Smith. ]Mooke k Houlstox. 



Aspidium — Tlie Sliield Fern. 



Articulatum — Jointed. 



In the Section Xephrodium of Authors. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Native of the island of Ceylon. 



Fronds glabrous, pinnate, lanceolate in shape. Pinnae lineai- 

 lanceolate, pinnatifid, subpetiolate, bluntly wedge-shaped at the 

 base, and articulated with the rachis. 



Stipes scaly. Fronds terminal, being adherent to a thick 

 creeping rhizoma. 



Rachis of a pale chocolate colour. 



Sori medial and uniserial. 

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