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Portion of Pinna of mature Frond, upper side.
POLYPODIUM TERMINALE.
S p r e n g e l . L i n k . K ü n z e .
P L A T E X L IV . V O L . I I .
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f i
Phymatodes terminale. J . S m i t h .
L i n k .
Polypodium—Polypody. Terminale—Terminal.
I n t h e S e c t i o n D r y n a r i a o f A u t h o r s .
A v e r y dissimilar species to the other F e rn s of the section
Drynaria.
A n evergreen stove F e rn .
Na tiv e of the E a st Indies.
Fro n d s pinnate below, pinnatifid above, and trlangula rly-
ovate in form; veins and midrib of frond eheneous; veins
inte rn a l, scarcely visible, compound anastomosing, and have
club-headed apices. Destitute of scales, except near the rhizoma.
L en g th of frond twenty-one inches, of which one-half is
nak ed ; the width is less than it otherwise would be, owing to
the pinnæ near the base being more or less parallel with the
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