rortion of Frond. 



NIPHOBOLUS GARDNERI. 



J. Smith. Kunze. Moore. 



PLATE XXXVIII. B. 



Niplioholus acrostichoides, 

 Folypodium gardneri. 



J. Smith. (Not of Fobstee.) 

 Mettenius. 



Niphoholus — From niphoholos, covered with snow, in allusion to the 

 stellate pubescence. Gardneri — Named after Gardner. 



A FINE stove Fern. 



Native of Ceylon. 



Frond simple, linear -lanceolate, apex pointed, thick, pubescent 

 ■with a reddish pubescence. 



Veins internal and obscure; pinnate from a central costa; 

 venules anastomosing. 



Sori non-indusiate, circular, multiserial, confluent, and even- 

 tually covering the whole under side of the frond except the 

 base. 



Length of frond fifteen inches. 



Rhizoma creeping. 



My thanks are due to Mr. J. Smith, of the Royal Gardens, 

 Kew, for fronds from which the present illustration has been 

 made. 



