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Pinna of bai-ren Frond— under »ide. 



POLYPODIUM REFRACTUM. 



Fischer and Meyer. Kunze. 



PLATE XLVIII. VOL. II. 



Goniopteris rejracta, 



J, Smith. 



Polypodium — Polypody. 



Refr actum — Broken. 



In the Section Goniopteris of Authoks. 



A RARE species, but little known by the English Fern 

 cultivators. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of Brazil. 



Fronds somewhat coriaceous, glabrous. Pinnate and linear-lan- 

 ceolate. Apex pinnatifid; pinnai moderately-approximate. Fronds 

 much acuminated. Pinnae decurrent, from the base very unequal, 

 auriculate on both sides. From behind the auricules upwards 

 shortened, bended-lanceolate form, the lowest deflexed. The 

 pinnae pinnatifid, and sinuato-dentate; laciniaj oblong-falcate. 



Sori minute and irregular. 



The midrib rounded beneath, sulcate above; reddish in colour. 



