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NIPHOBOLUS RUPESTRIS.
Sprengel. M oore and H oülston. H ooker and Gr ev il l e .
K ünze. P resl. Sm ith . F e e .
PL .A T E X X .
Niphoholus serpens,
Craspedaria rupestris,
Polypodium rupestre,
Niphoholus—Covered with snow.
E n d l i c h e e .
L i n k .
B . B e o w n . F o e s t e e .
R u p e stris— K rook.
N I P H O B O L U S K U P E S T K I S .
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T h is is a curious diminutive F e rn , with somewhat balloonshaped
fronds.
A n evergreen greenhouse species, growing upon rocks.
A native of N ew H o llan d and Australia.
The sterile and fertile fronds are v ery different in form and
size. The sterile ones are ro undish ovate, being decu rren t at
the base; whilst the fertile fronds are linear, being b lu n t at the
apex, and decu rren t also at the base. Both forms of frond arc
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