Mature Plant, upper side.
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POLYPODIUM F ILIPES.
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Ar th ro p te ris filip e s .
Polypodium—Polypody.
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F ilip e s—Thread-footed.
A s i n g u l a r , very dwarf, creeping species, only recently
introduc ed into our collections, having been described, in 1856,
by Mr. T. Moore, of the Chelsea Botanic Gardens.
A n evergreen greenhouse species.
Native of New Zealand.
Fronds simple, elliptic, lanceolate, or oblong-ovate, with a
small lobe or two at the base, often pinnate, with two or three
pairs of diminutive oblong-obtuse pinnæ, and a terminal
lanceolate-acuminate one much la rg e r; obscurely crenate, and
in a slight degree hairy on the veins beneath.
Rachis and stipes covered w ith short hairs.
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