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Portion of mature Frond— under side. 



POLYPODIUM ASPLENIOIDES. 



SWARTZ. KUNZE. WiLLDENOW. SlOAN. 



PLATE XXXIV. B. 



Polypodium comjjositum, Lixk. 



" reptans, Kaulfuss. 



Goniopteris asphnioides, Link. Pkesl. J. Smith. 



" " Fee. Mooee and Houlston. 



Polypodium — Polypody. Asplenioides — Asplenium-like. 



In the Section Goniopteris of Authors. 



Polypodium asplenioides is a pretty and very distinct species, 

 deserving a more extended cultivation than it appears to have. 



A native of the American meridian, Jamaica and Brazil. 



Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1841, 

 by Messrs. Loddiges, of Plackney. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



The fronds, which are lanceolate in form, are pinnate, the 

 pinnae being pinnatifid, oblong-obtuse, with a somewhat cordate 

 base; rugose, pubescent; terminal, adherent to a short creeping 

 rhizoma. 



Length of frond about twelve inches, colour a dull green. 



The sori numerous, medial, or sub-terminal, eventually be- 

 coming confluent, and covering the whole under surface from 

 the base to the apex of the frond. Colour yellowish red. 



Petiolate, except near the apex of the frond. 

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