Pinna of mature Frond— under side. 



POLYPODIUM GLAUCUM. 



RaDDI, {not of SWARTZ.) 



PLATE XXXIII. VOL. II. 



Goniophlehium glaucum, 



J. Smith. 



Polypodium — Polypody . 



Glaucum — Sea-green . 



In the Section Goniophlebium of Authors. 



A HANDSOME dwarf Fern, of easy cultivation. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Native of Brazil. 



Fronds glabrous, broadly lanceolate, pinnatifid, pinnules ob- 

 long-obtuse, with blunt rounded apices; pinnules opposite; frond 

 smooth, bluish green in colour; veins forked and anastomosing 

 angularly. 



E,hizoma creeping, covered with brown scales, which are 

 darker in colour and narrower than in Polypodium latipes, 

 nor do they lie flat along the rhizoma as in that species. 



Sori uniserial. 



Rhizoma branched. 



Length of frond twelve inches. 



This species grows best when planted with the creepin^r 

 VOL. II. L 



