Portion of 11311611 Frond. 



NIPHOPSIS ANGUSTATUS. 

 Smith. 



PLATE XXXVIII. A. 



NipJioholus spharoceplialus, 

 " macrooarpus, 



" angustatus, 



Polypodium angustatum, 



" sphmrocephalum, 



Pleopeltis angustata, 



Phymatodes sphcerocepJialus, 



hookbb and grbetille. 



Hooker and Aenott. 



Speenobl. Mooeb. 



swaetz. schkuhe. 



Wallich. 



Pbesl. 



Pkesl. 



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

 • pubescence. Angustatus — Narrow-frouded. 



A PRETTY, 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. 



