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Portion of mature Frond— under side. 



POLYPODIUM FRAXINIFOLIUM.^. 

 Jacquin. Kunze. Swartz. Willdeno\y, (not of Presl.) 



PLATE XXXI. 



Pohjpodium distans, 

 " Freyreisii, 



" prolifermn, 



" viviparmn, 



" polystichum, 



Goniopteris fraxinifoUa, 



Raddi. 



Spkengel. 



Line. Kaxilfuss. 



Eaddi. 



Line. 



Line. Peesl. J. Smith. 



Fee. Mooee and Houlston. 



Polypodium — Polypody. 



FraxinifoUmn — Ash-leaved. 



In the Section Goniopteris of Authors. 



Seldom is this pretty and distinct Polypody to be seen in 

 the Fern collections, if we exclude the largest growers, and those 

 persons whose especial interest and study are the Filices. Its 

 ash-leaf appearance has gained for it the appropriate name of 

 Polypodium fraxini folium^ a name which is now generally 

 adopted, although it can boast of half-a-dozen others. As I 

 have been unable to procure a plant of this species, I cannot 

 speak as to the cultivation of it from experience; yet I am 

 told that it is by no means difficult to manage under ordinary 

 Fern treatment. 



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