56 POLYPODIUM LYCOPODIOIDES. 



From the West Indies, American Meridian, Island of I^Iau-* 

 ritius, Martinica, Jamaica, and Hispaniola. 



Introduced into this country in the year 1793, and into the 

 Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1821, from Mr. D. Cameron. 



Fronds simple, oblong-lanceolate in form, being attenuated at 

 the base, and blunt at the apices, membranous and undulated. 

 Lateral, articulated on a creeping rluKoma, which is scaly. 



Length of frond from two to four inches ^ colour rich green, 

 and shining. 



Sori circular and uniseriah 



My thanks are due to Mr. Strutton, Curator of the Botanic 

 Gardens, Cambridge; Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting; and Mr. 

 Joseph Henderson, of Wentworth, for plants of this Fern; and 

 to the latter gentleman; Mr. Norman, of Hull; and M. Schott, 

 of the Imperial Gardens, Vienna, for fronds. 



It is contained in the Catalogues of Messrs. Veitch, Jun., of 

 Chelsea; Masters, of Canterbury; E, G. Henderson, of St, 

 John's Wood; R. Sim, of Foot's Cray; Rollisson, of Tooting; 

 and Kennedy, of Covent Garden. 



The illustration is horn a frond forwarded by Mr. Joseph 

 Henderson, of Wentworth. 



