Mature Plant— upper side. 



POLYPODIUM FILIPES. 



Lowe. 



PLATE XXXVIII. VOL. II. 



ArtJiropteris Jllipes, 



MooEE. J. Smith. 



Fo ly podium — Polypody . 



Filij)es — Thread-footed. 



A si:ngular^ very dwarf, creeping species, only recently in- 

 troduced into our collections, having been described, in 1855, 

 by Mr. T. Moore, of the Chelsea Botanic Gardens. 



An. evergreen greenhouse species. 



Native of New Zealand. 



Fronds simple, elliptic, lanceolate, or oblong-ovate, with a 

 small lobe or two at the base, often pinnate, with two or three 

 pairs of diminutive oblong-obtuse pinnae, and a terminal lance- 

 olate-acuminate one much larger; obscurely crenate, and in a 

 slight degree hairy on the veins beneath. 



Rachis and stipes covered with short hairs. 



