



Portion of mature Frond— under side. 



HYPODERRIS BROWNIL 



J. Smith. Fee. Hooker and Bauer. 



PLATE XIV. VOL. VII. 



Woodsia Broionii, 



Mettenius. 



Sypoderris — Under-the-skin. Brownii — Named in honour 



of the late E. Brown, the eminent Botanist. 



A SINGULAR, handsome, and rare Fern, but little known in 

 cultivation in this country. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Native of the Island of Trinidad and Guiana. 



Introduced into England about the year 1850. 



The fronds, which are simple or trilobate, are oblong-acuminate 

 in form, the lateral lobes being very small in comparison with 

 the central one. Fronds undulated, somewhat membranous; base 

 cordate, margin of the frond entire. 



Stipes and rachis thickly scaly, the scales being diminutive 

 and whitish. 



