Pinna of mature Frond — under side. 



POLYPODIUM COLPODES. 



KUNZE. 



PLATE LX. VOL. II. 



GoniopJdehium colpodes, 



J. Smith. 



Tolyjjodium — Polypody. 



Coljpodes — Abounding in bays. 



In the Section Goniophlebium of Authors. 



A rare attractive Fern. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Native of Venezuela. 



Fronds pinnate, except near the apex, where they are pin- 

 natifid; linear-lanceolate; pinnse approximate, sessile, alternate 

 or sub -opposite, elongate; apex acuminate, unequal in size; 

 about twenty-five pairs and an ultimate one. 



Veins anastomosing, with a free excurrent venule in each 

 areole, club-headed, and on which at its apex the sporangia 

 is situated. 



Sori uniserial, medial, about twenty pairs on each pinna. 



Length twenty-four inches, of which the lower four to six 

 inches is naked; colour a dull green. 



