,:-^.^.gr- ,. T « - ^ ^ '"-^f @m 



Pinna of fertile Frond- under side. 



NEPHEOLEPIS HIRSUTULA. 



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



PLATE XXI 



VOL. YII. 



Nephrolepis hirsutulmn, 

 Lepidonevron Mrsutulum, 

 Aspidium Mrsutulum, 



" diversifolium , 

 " exaltatuyn, 



" pilosum, 

 " tomentosum, 

 Volypodium hirsutulum, 

 Nephrodium Mrsutulum, 



LlEBMANN. 



Fee. 



swaetz. schkuhr. 



{Not of Wallich or Hamilton.) 

 Wallich ? 

 Speengel. Wallich, in paet. 



[Not of SwAETZ, SCHKUHE, 



or Eaddi.) 

 Langsdoeff and Fischer. 



WiLLDENOW ? 

 FOESTEE. 



Peesl. 



Nephrolepis — Kidney -scaled. JSirsutulum — Small-Laired. 



An interesting somewhat uncommon species. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of the East Indies, Java, Malacca, Mexico, and the 

 Islands of the Pacific Ocean. 



Introduced into England in 182o. 



Fronds lanceolate in form, and pinnate; pinnse oblong- 

 acuminate and truncate, base in some degree auriculate; 

 margin crenulate and serrate. 



Veins forked; venules direct and free. 



