Portion of barren Pinna— under side. 



OLFERSIA CEEVINA. 



Presl. J. Smith. KuiNze. Hooker aisd Gkeville. 

 Moore and Houlston. 



PLATES XXXIX AND XL. VOL. VII. 



Acrostich u m cervin iim, 



ti a 



" linearifolium, 



" sorhifolium, 



Olfersia corcovadensis, 

 Polyhotrya Raddiana, 

 " cervina, 



a a 



Osmunda cervina, 



SwAETZ. Plumier. Speengel. 



LlEBMANN. 



Peesl. Speengel. 



Of English & Beelin G-aedens. 



E;ADDI. HOOKEE. LiNK. 



Of Continental G-aedens. 

 Kaulfuss. Swaetz. 

 Hookee and Geeville. 



LlNN^US. 



Olfersia — ISTamed after Olfers, a German Botanist. Cervina — Stag-AorwedJ. 



An interesting and very distinct handsome Fei'n. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Native of the West Indies, Mexico, and Tropical America. 



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

 been received from the Messrs. Loddiges. 



Fertile and sterile fronds dissimilar. Sterile fronds glabrous, 

 pinnate, with oblong-acuminate pinnae; superior base rounded, 



