Pinna of mature FroncT, under side.
POLYPODIUM COLPODES.
IVUNZE.
P L A T E LX . VOL. I I .
O o n io p h le lium colpodes, J- Smi t h .
Poh,podium-Lo\noiy. Colpodes-KhoaaAmg in bays.
I n t h e S e c t i o n G o n i o p h l e b i u m o f A u t h o r s .
A R A R E attractive Fern.
A n evergreen stove species.
Na tiv e of Venezuela.
Fro n d s pinnate, except near the apex, where th ey are p in natifid;
linear-lanceolate; pinnæ approximate, sessile alternate
or sub-opposite, elongate; apex acuminate, unequal lu size,
about twenty-five pairs and an ultimate one. ^
Veins anastomosing, with a free ex cu rren t venule in each
areole, club-headed, and on which at its apex the sporangia
is situated. . i • „
Sori uniserial, medial, about twenty pairs on each pmna. ^
L en g th twenty-four inches, of which th e lower four to six
inches” is n ak ed ; colour a dull green.
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