Pinna of barren Frond, under side.
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POLYPODIUM EEFEACTUM.
PlSCl IEI l AND AIeYER. K uNZE,
P L A T E X L V I I I . V O L . I I .
Goniopteris refracta. J . S m i t h .
Polypodium—Bolypody. Re fra c tum—Broken.
I n t h e S e c t i o n G o n i o p t e r i s o f A u t h o r s .
A R A R E species, b u t little known by the E nglish E crn
cultivators.
An evergreen stove Eern.
Native of Brazil.
Eronds somewhat coriaceous, glabrous. Pin n a te and liucar-lan-
ceolate. A pex pinnatifid; pinnæ moderately approximate. Fronds
much acuminated. Pinnæ decurrent, from the base very unequal,
auriculate ou both sides. From behind the auricules upwards
shortened, bended-lanceolate form, the lowest deflexed. The
pinnæ pinnatifid, and sinuato-dentatc; laciniæ oblong-falcate.
Sori minute and irregular.
The midrib rounded beneath, sulcate above; reddish in colour.
