Pinna of fertile Frond— under side. 



NEPHROLEPIS E^^SIFOLIA. 

 Presl. J. Smith. 



PLATE XXII. \0L. VII. 



Aspidium ensifolimn, 



acuminatum., 



acutum, 



longifolium, 



ipunctulatum, 



TufescenSy 



" multifidum, 

 NepTirodium platyotis, 

 Lejoidonevron rufescens, 



" acuminatum, 



" punctulatum, 



" longifolium, 



SWAETZ. SCHKUHE. [Not ofBhJJlsiY.) 



Wtlldenow. [Not of Gaedens.) 



SVYAETZ. SpEENGEL. 



PoHL ? {Not of Desvaux.) 



SwAETZ. {Not of SiEBEE.) 



ScHEADEE, a variety. 



{Not of Blume or Kaulfuss.) 

 Mettenius, a variety. 

 kunze. imooee and houlston. 

 Fee. 

 Fee. 

 Pee. 

 Fee. 



Neplirolejpis — Kidney-scaled. Ensifolia — Sword-leaved. 



A STROi^G-GROWiNG and by no means common species; best 

 known as the Nephrolepis platyotis. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of the East Indies, Java, and Tropical America. 



Fronds pinnate; lanceolate in shape; pinnse acuminate and 

 truncate; base auriculate, margin crenately-serrate. 



Veins forked; venules direct and free. 



Sori uniserial and rounded-reniform. 



