Pinna of fertile Frond, under side. 



ASPIDIUM CARYOTIDEUM. 



Wallich. 



}'LATB XLIII. 

 Cyrtomium caryotideum, Mooeb. 



Aspidium — Shield Fern. Caryotideum — ? 



In the Section Cyrtomium op Authors. 



A handsome rare Fern, said to be as large as Cyrtomium 

 falcatum. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Native of the East Indies. 



Raised from spores by Mr. Nilson Saunders, of Reigate, 

 Treasurer of the Royal Horticultural Society. 



Fronds pinnate; two ascending pinnae, and a wider ultimate 

 one. Habit similar to that of Cyrtomium falcatum. 



Rhizoma erect and brown-scaled. 



Length of frond twenty-four inches; length of pinnae from 

 four to six inches. 



The fronds for illustration were forwarded by Mr. R. Sim, 

 Nurseryman, Foot's Cray, Kent. 



