Portion of Pinna of mature Frond— under side. 



POLYPODIUM SPECTABILE. 



Sprengel. Kaulfuss, {not of Willdenow.) 



PLATE XLIII. VOL. II. 



Phegopteris spectahilisj 

 Polypodium extensum, 



" hirtum, 



" microdontoTii 



" Species No. XII. Paris, 



Fee. J. Smith. 

 Presl. 

 Peesl. 

 Desyaux. 



SCHOTT, M.S. 



Polypodium — Polypody. 



Spectahile — Graceful. 



In the Section Phegopteris of Authors. 



The Polypodium spectahile is a noble Fern when well 

 grown; it is, however, only to be found in the larger collections. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of Tropical America and Chili. 



Fronds bipinnate or sub-tripinnate, triangular in form, very 

 hairy. Pinnules alternate, lanceolate, pinnate at the base, and 

 profoundly pinnatifid above; apices denticulate. The divisional 

 parts are frequently so close together that the fronds almost 

 seem to be entire. 



Stipes and rachis covered with a minute pubescence, and 

 lanceolate scales. 



