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Portion of mature Frond. 



POLYPODIUM HENCHMANII. 



J. Smith. Moore and Houlston. 



PLATE XXX. 



Volypodkim — Polypody, 



Henclimanii — Ilamed after a Botanist. 



Polypodium Henclimanii is a noble and graceful Fern, with 

 a pendulous habit and bluish green fronds. It is a species 

 which should be universally grown in all good collections; un- 

 fortunately it is a species almost unprocurable, as it does not 

 seem to have got into any of the Nurserymen's catalogues up 

 to the present time. It appears to have been first introduced 

 into England, unnamed, about the year 1848, yet from what 

 source I am unable to say. There is, I believe, a fine plant 

 of the P. Henclwianii in the Royal Gardens, Kew, and another 

 in the Wentworth collection. In general appearance it ap- 

 proaches near to the P. diver sifolium of some authors, known 

 more generally as the Drynaria dicersifolia. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



A native of Mexico. 



The fronds are glabrous, pinnate, the form of the pinna? being 

 linear-lanceolate, very long and narrow, decurrent at the base. 

 The pinnse, which are of a dark bluish green colour, are very 

 smooth, having a polished appearance. 



The foot-stalk of the frond is articulated on a creeping rhizonia. 

 The rhizoma is covered with scales. 



