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Portion of mature Frond— under side. 



POLYPODIUM SEPULTUM. 



Kaulfuss. 



PLATE XXXIV. A. 



Polypodium hirsutissimum, Raddi. Bort. Fee. 



" hpidopteris, Kunze. 



" rufulum, Presl. 



Acrostichum hpidopteris, Langsdoeef and Pischer. 



" " Sprengel. 



Goniophlelium sepultum, J. Smith. Moore S Hotjlstok. 



Cyathea vestita, Sprengel. 



Marginaria rufula, Presl. 



Polypodium — Polypody. Sepultum — Enclosed. 



In the Section Goniophlebium. 



A distinct and handsome Fern, which should be in every 

 good collection. 



Fronds lanceolate in form, pinnate, pinnae oblong-linear, 

 somewhat obtuse and close, sessile. 



Veins internal and imperfectly seen. 



Frond articulated on a white, scaly, creeping rhizoma. 



Length of frond from twelve to eighteen inches; deep green 

 in colour, yet so densely covered with narrow fimbriated scales 

 as to give the frond a whitish appearance. 



Sori situated on the upper half of the frond; uniserial, cir- 

 cular, very large, and yellowish red, protruding through the 



