Portion of mature Frond — ^under side. 



POLYPODIUM SACCATUM. 



Lowe, {not of Fee.) 



PLATE LIX. VOL. II. 



Phymatodes saccata. 



J. Smith. 



Polypodivmi — Polypody. 



Saccatum — In a bag. 



In the Section Drynaria of Authors. 



This is truly a magnificent Fern; its pendulous habit and 

 bold shining fronds, with the deeply immersed sporangiferous 

 receptacles, raising on the upper side extremely prominent 

 tubercles, are features that make it an exceedingly distinct 

 Fern, and at the same time a remarkable and glorious object. 



Polypodium saccatum is very rare in cultivation in * this 

 country, indeed I believe that it is only to be found at Kew. 



It is an evergreen stove species. 



Native of Java. 



The fronds are pinnatifid, having a lengthy stipes; they are 

 smooth, the sinus wide, obtuse, and rounded; lacinire broadly 

 VOL. II. S 



