Portion of m<iture Frond— under side. 



POLYPODIUM PENNIGERUM, 



Lowe. 



PLATE XV. VOL. 11. 



Goniopteris pennigera. 



Peesl. Mooee and Houlston, 

 FoRSTER. Smith. 



Polypodium — Polypody. 



Pennigerum — Feathered. 



In thp: Section Go]niopterls of Authors. 



Goniopteris pennigera of Presl is an ornamental species, 

 somewhat delicate, yet easily propagated from the young vivipa- 

 rous plants growing on the upper portion of the frond. 



An evergreen warm greenhouse species. 



Native of New Zealand. 



Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1835. 



Fronds pinnate, the pinnse being lanceolate-acuminate in form, 

 slender, pinnatifid, bluntly lobed, rounded at the base, and 

 covered with a thin pubescence. 



Terminal, adherent to a creeping rhizoma. 



Fertile fronds upright and contracted. 



Rachis and stipes circular, pale green in colour. 



Length of frond from twelve to twenty-four inches; colour 

 bright green. 



Sori medial, eventually becoming confluent. 



