52 POLYPODIUM NITIDUM. 



acuminate, being decurrent at the base; lateral, articulated on 

 a short creeping scaly rhizoma. 



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

 deep green, and shining. 



Sori medial or terminal. 



Veins indistinct. 



Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1828, 

 by Mr. W. Morrison. 



My thanks are due to Mr. Henderson, of Wentworth, for a 

 plant of this Fern. 



It may be procured of Messrs. A. Henderson, of Pine-apple 

 Place; Kennedy, of Co vent Garden; and Booth, of Hamburg. 



The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 



