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Pinna of mature Frcr.d— under side. 



ASPIDIUM HISPIDUM. 



SWARTZ. KUNZE. SPRENGEL. 



PLATE YITI. VOL. VII. 



Poly stick um h ispidi 

 Poly-podium 

 Aspidium ' 



Lastrea Jiispida, 



J. Smith. 



FORSTEB. 



ScHKuiiR ? Fee. 

 Langsdoeff and Fischee. 

 hotjlstox. 



Aspidium — The Sliielcl Fern. 



Hispidum — Bristly . 



In the Section Polystichum of Authors. 



An interesting although not well-known species. 



An evergreen greenhouse Fern. 



Native of New Zealand and New Holland. 



Introduced into the Poyal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1845, 

 by Mr. Colenzo. 



The fronds, which are exceedingly hairy and deltoid are 

 tripinnate, the pinnules being linear-lanceolate, pinnatifid, 

 narrow, and having narrow mucronate segments. 



Sori medial. 



