Portion of mature Frond— under side. 



NEPHEOLEPIS PECTIXATA. 



SCHOTT. J. S3IITH. KUXZE. PrESL. 



Moore and Houlston. 



PLATE XVIII. VOL. VII. 



J^ejphrolepis ScliTcuhrii, 

 Aspidium pectinatum, 

 " tra^ezoides, 



" Schkuhrii, 



NepJirodium Schkuhrii, 

 " pectinatum, 



Fee. 



WlLLDENOW. SpEEXGEL. 

 SCHKUHE. {Not of SWAETZ. 



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Nephrolepis — Kidney-scaled. 



Tectinata — Comb-leaved. 



An elegant slender Fern, easily propagated, and when 

 successfully grown making a magnificent exhibition plant; very 

 easily cultivated. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Native of Brazil and the "West Indies. 



Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1811, 

 having been received from the Royal Gardens,' Berlin. It 

 appears to have been known in some English Gardens, 

 however, as early as 1820. 



Fronds glabrous; pinnate, shape narrow linear-lanceolate; 

 pinnae alternate and crowded. There are from one hundred 

 to one hundred and thirty pairs of pinnae on each frond. 



