Portion of Pinna of mature Frond— upper side. 



POLYPQDIUM TERMINALE. 



Sprengel. Link. Kunze. 



PLATE XLIV. VOL. II. 



PJiymatodes terminale^ 

 Chrysopteris " 



J. Smith. 

 Link. 



Polypodium — Polypody. 



Terminate — Terminal. 



In the Section Drynaria of Authors. 



A very dissimilar species to the other Ferns of the section 

 Drynaria. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of the East Indies. 



Fronds pinnate below, pinnatifid above, and triangularly- 

 ovate in form; veins and midrib of frond ebeneous; veins 

 internal, scarcely visible, compound anastomosing, and have 

 club-headed apices. Destitute of scales, except near the rhizoma. 



Length of frond twenty-one inches, of which one-half is 

 naked; the width is less than it otherwise would be, owing to 

 the pinnae near the base being more or less parallel with the 

 VOL. II. 



