Portion of mature Frond — under side. 



WOODSIA MOLLIS. 



J. Smith. Hooker. Liebmann. Fee, 



PLATE XXVI. VOL. VII. 



Physematium molle, 



Aspidium hulhosum, 

 Woodsia Mexicana, 



XuNZE. Kaulfuss. 

 Peesl. Schott. 

 Link. {Not of G-ardens.) 

 Brown. Wallich. 



Woodsia — After Woods, a well-known Botanist. 



Mollis— ^oit. 



A SPECIES that flourishes well in English. Gardens. 



A deciduous hardy Fern. 



Native of Mexico — in the temperate regions. 



Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1841, having 

 been received from the Royal Gardens of Berlin. 



The fronds, which are lanceolate, are bipinnate and hairy; 

 pinnae oblong-lanceolate and somewhat blunt; pinnules oblong 

 and sessile; apex rounded, margin crenate. 



Sori sub-terminal. 



Indusium cup-shaped, hairy, and fringed on the margin. 



Fronds terminal, and adherent to a somewhat tufted rhizoma. 



