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Tortion of ba rren Frond.
NIPHOPSIS ANGUSTATDS.
Sm it h .
P L A T E X X X V I I I .— A .
“ macrocarpus,
“ angustatus.
Polypodium angustatum,
“ spharocephalum,
Pleopeltis angustata,
PJiymatodes sphcBi'ocephalus,
H o o k e r a n d G e e v i l l e .
H o o k e r a n d A e n o t t .
S p r e n g e l . M o o r e .
S w a r t z . S c h k u h e .
W a l l i c h .
P r e s l .
P r e s l .
is—Snowy appearance, (from the Greek,) in allusion to the stellate
pubescence. Angustatus—Narrow-fronded.
A P R E T T Y , 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
th irty pairs on each frond, reddish in colour, and conspicuously
visible on the upper side of the frond.
L ength fifteen inches; fertile frond narrower.
The illustration is from fronds kindly forwarded by Mr. J.
Smith, Curator of the Royal Gardens, Kew.