Portion of matui-e Frond. 



POLYPODIUM AREOLATUM. 



Humboldt and Bonpland. Kunze. Willdenow. 



PLATE XII. 



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Poly podium sporadocarpum, 

 Ckrysopteris sporadocarpa, 

 Phlehodium areolatum. 



Link, [not of Willdenow.) 

 Link. Fee? 

 Of Gardens. 



Poly podium — Polypody. Areolatum — In reference to the Areola;, 



In the Section Phlebodium of Authors. 



An interesting although an imperfectly-known species, being 

 seldom found in collections. It seems to be a more delicate 

 Fern than most others in the section Phlehodiwn. Some 

 authorities look upon it as merely a variety, yet it seems to 

 have characters sufficiently distinct to warrant it taking the 

 rank of a species, although it is oftentimes difficult to determine 

 where varieties end and species begin. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of South America, Mexico, and Cumana. 



Fronds deeply pinnatifid; segments narrowly lanceolate in 

 form, somewhat acute, approximate, the edge moderately reflexed ; 



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