Portion of tarren Frond. 



NIPHOPSIS ANGUSTATUS. 



Smith. 



PLATE XXXVIII. — A. 



Niplioholus sphcBroceplialus, 

 " maerocarpus, 



" angustatus, 



Polypodium angustatum, 



" spharocephalum, 



Pleopeltis angustata, 



Phymatodes spJimrooephalus, 



HOOKEE AND GkBVILLE. 

 HoOKEB AND AeNOTT. 



Speenqel. Moobe. 

 swabtz. schkuhb. 

 Waliich. 

 Peesl. 



Peesl. 



Nipliopds — Snowy appearance, (from the Greek,) in allusion to the stellate 

 pubescence. Angustatus — Narrow-fronded. 



A PKETTY, rare Fern. 



An evergreen, stove species. 



Native of the Malay Archipelago. 



Fronds simple, linear-lanceolate, opaque, coriaceous, and 

 densely covered with a reddish stellate pubescence; sometimes 

 the apex of the frond is bifid. 



Veins compound anastomosing, internal, and obscure; primary 

 veins indistinct. 



Sori oval, large and bold, and transverse-uniserial, about 

 thirty pairs on each frond, reddish in colour, and conspicuously 

 visible on the upper side of the frond. 



Length fifteen inches ; fertile frond narrower. 



The illustration is from fronds kindly forwarded by Mr. J. 

 Smith, Curator of the Koyal Gardens, Kew. 



