Portion of mature Frond— under side. 



NEPHROLEPIS EXALTATA. 



ScHOTT, J. Smith. Hooker. Moore and Houlston. 

 KuNZE. Presl. Liebmann. Fee. 



PLATE XIX. VOL. VII. 



Polypodium exaltatum, 



'* rividare, 



Asjpidium exaltatum, 

 (t ti 



" eyninens, 



" ensifolium, 



** Jlagelliferumy 



" suhlanosum, 



Nephrodium exaltatum., 

 it i( 



Nephrolepis commutata, 



LiNNJEUS. PlUMIER. 



Vahl. 



SWAETZ. SCHKUHR ? RaDDI ? 



Xaulfuss. Sprengel. 



WiCKSTR. 



BlUME. (Not SWARTZ.) 



Wallich. 

 Wallich, in part. 

 Link. Brown. 

 Humboldt and Bonpland. 



SCHOTT. 



NepJi ro lep /5— Kidney-scaled. 



JExaltata — Lofty. 



A WELL-KNOWN, commonly-cultivated, ornamental Fern. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Native of Jamaica, New Holland, Sandwich Islands, West 

 Indies, South America, and Central America. 



Introduced by Mr. Anderson into the Hoyal Gardens, Kew, 

 in the year 1793. 



Fronds glabrous, pinnate, linear-lanceolate, elongate, and 

 slender. The pinnse sub-cordate and oblong-acute; the base 

 on the upper side auriculate; margin serrate. 



