

Portion of mature Frond— under side. 



POLYPODIUM LACHNOPODIUM. 

 J. Smith. Kunze. Moore and Houlston, 



PLATE XXXIIT. 



Folvpocliiwi — Polj'pod}'. Lachiopodium — Downy-footed. 



The Polypodium lachnopodium is very aptly named, as it is 

 exceedingly hairy. When properly managed, and with plenty 

 of pot room, a handsome exhibition plant may be obtained. 

 Unfortunately, this is another species which is procured with 

 difficulty, although it has been in cultivation in Great Britain 

 for the last twelve or thirteen years. 



The fronds are deltoid, and bi-tripinnatifid, the pinnules being 

 lanceolate-acuminate, and the segments oblong-linear, obtuse, 

 hairyj the lower segments distant and pinnatifid, whilst nearer 

 the apex they are entire; petiolate. 



Stipes and rachis densely covered with scales of a reddish 

 brown colour. 



The length of the frond varies from two to four feet, the 

 pinnffi being twelve inches long. Colour a dull green. 

 \Rhizoma erect and caudiciform. 



Veins pinnately forked. 



Sori round, medial, and uniserial, numerous, but small. 



An ornamental evergreen stove species from Jamaica. 



Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1843, 

 by Mr. William Purdie. 



P. lachnopodium is one of those beautiful stove Perns which 

 should be in every collection, as its much divided fronds and 



