Portion of mature Frond.
POLYPODIUM ALBO-PUNCTATUM.
R a d d i .
P L A T E X X X V I .
Goniophlebium alho-punctatum, J . S m i t h . F e e .
M o o e e a n d H o u l s t o n .
Polypodium—Polypody. Albo-punctatum—White-spotted.
I n t h e S e c t i o n G o n i o p h l e b i u m o f A u t h o r s .
A G R A C E F U L pendulous F e rn , with broad handsome fronds;
easily grown and well worthy of universal cultivation. The
substance of the frond is very th in ; it consequently requires
great care in the drying and pressing of the fronds for the
herbarium.
A native of Brazil.
An evergreen stove species.
The form of the frond is broadly lanceolate, pinnate, the
pinnæ being lanceolate-acuminate, nearly entire, undulated, and
membrauous; the superior base truncate, whilst the Inferior base
is adnate. The upper pinnæ sessile.
