^1^ 



Portion of mature Frond— under side. 



OLEANDRA NODOSA. 

 Presl. J. Smith. Kunze. Fee. Moore and Houlston. 



PLATE XVII. VOL. VII. 



Aspidium nodosum, 

 " articulatum. 



WiLLDENOW. SpEENGEL. 

 SCHKUHR. PlUMIEE. 



{Not of Kunze or Blume. 



SCHKUHE. {Not of SWAETZ 



or Lowe.) 



Oleandra- 



Nodosa — Knotty. 



A HANDSOME fi'ee-growing Fern, only to be met with in 

 good collections. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Native of the East Indies, West Indian Islands, Jamaica, 

 and Tropical America. 



Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1848. 



The fronds, which are lanceolate-acuminate, are simple, 

 entire on the margin, and attenuated at the base. 



Veins forked; venules parallel, direct, free, and having their 

 apices slightly thickened and gently curved. 



Stipes and rachis ebeneous; the rachis covered beneath with 

 brownish cordate scales. 



Rhizoma scaly and creeping, 

 VOL. VTI. H 



