Portion of fertile Frond— under side. 



POLYPODIUM SCOLOPENDROIDES. 



LlNN.^US. SWARTZ. PlUMIER. HoOKER AND GrEVILLE. 



KuNZE. Petiver. Plukenet. Sprengel. ? 



PLATE XLI. A. VOL. II. 



Polypodium Domhgense, 

 Goniopteris scolopendroides, 



*' suhpinnata, 



Polypodium comptonicefoliumy 



Speengel. 



Peesl. Smith. Fee. 

 Of Gaedens. 

 Desuaux. ? 



Polypodium — Polypody. 



Scolopendroides — Scolopendrium-like. 



In the Section Goniopteris of Authors. 



A beautiful dwarf Fern, with compact habit, and flat 

 shining fronds; easily cultivated, readily raised from spores, 

 yet uncommon in collections. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of Jamaica and the West Indies. 



Introduced into England in 1824. 



Fronds pinnatifid, except near the base, where they are 

 pinnate; linear-lanceolate in form; apex of the frond acuminate; 

 apex of the segments rounded; the segments often dissimilar in 

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