Portion of a scginvnt of mature Frond, under side.
POLYPODIUM PULVINATUM.
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Phlehodium p u lv in a tum ,
Chrysopteris p u lv in a ta ,
Po lypodium—Polypody.
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P u lv in a tum—Cusliioned.
I n t h e S e c t i o n P i i l e u o d i ü m o f A u t h o r s .
A n o t h e r uncommon species in the section Phlehodium of
authors.
A n evergreen stove Fern .
Native of Brazil.
In tro d u c ed into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1841.
Fro n d s deeply pinnatifid and linear-lanceolate. Pinnæ opposite,
elongate, acuminate, membranaceous, and from ten to twelve
pairs.
Veins arcuately anastomosing, and with ex cn rren t venules
terminating in the areoles, and bearing sporangia on their
combined apices.
Sori naked, circular, uniserial, medial, prominent, about twenty-
five pairs on each segment, and orange yellow in colour.
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