Fertile Frond— under side, shewing the sori confluent. 



POLYPODIUM SIMPLEX. 



PLATE XLI. B. VOL. II. 



Meniscium simplex, 



Hooker. Smith. Moore & Houlston. 



Polypodium — Polypody 



Simp lex — S imple . 



In the Sectiox Mentscium of Authors. 



A PRETTY scarce Fern, of dwarf habit. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of China, (from Hong-kong.) 



Introduced into the Kew Gardens in the year 1850. 



Barren and fertile fronds different; the fertile frond being 

 contracted, and more acuminate than the barren frond. 



The fronds, which are simple, are pubescent; they arc of 

 a somewhat oblong-acuminate form, having a dentate-serrate 



