Pinna of mature Frond, under side.
POLYPODIUM GLAUCUM.
E a d d i , {not of S w a r t z . )
P L A T E X X X I I I . V O L . I I .
Goniophlehium glaucum. J . S m i t h .
Polypodium—Polypody. Glaucum—Sea-green.
I n t h e S e c t i o n G o n i o p h l e b i d m o p A u t h o r s .
A HANDSOME dw a rf F e rn , of easy cultivation.
A n evergreen stove species.
Native of Brazil.
Fro n d s glabrous, broadly lanceolate, pinnatifid, pinnules oblong
obtuse, with b lu n t ro u n d ed apices; pinnules opposite; frond
smooth, bluish g reen in colour; veins forked and anastomosing
angularly.
Ehizoma creeping, covered with brown scales, which are
d a rk e r in colour and narrowe r than in Polypodium latipes,
nor do they lie flat along the rhizoma as in th a t species.
Sori uniserial.
Rhizoma branched.
L en g th of frond twelve inches.
T his species grows best when planted with the creeping
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