the racliis. The fertile fronds twice the length of the barren
ones.
Sori uniserial to biscrhil, the spore cases being surrounded
with forked hairs.
Length of frond from twelve to eighteen inches; colour deep
green. U p p e r surface polished.
A stove F e rn .
Native of Jamaica.
In troduced a few years ago into the E o y a l Gardens, Kew,
and into the Glasnevin Gardens.
Mr. Moore remarks th a t it is closely allied to P . reptans, yet
la rg e r and shorter. P . reptans has shoi'tcr hairs, and lias a
p rostrate liabit.
I have not y e t been enabled to p rocure a p lan t; for fronds
I am indebted to Air. Smith, Curator of the Eoyal Gardens,
Ivew.
I t is in the Catalogue of Alessrs. Sim, of Foot’s Cray.
T h e illustration is from a frond forwarded bv Air. Smith, of
Kew.
P o ilio n of n u itu -e F ro n d -u uO i'v sido.
rOLYFODIDM EEPENS.
S wartz. K unze. W il ldenow. P lumiei;.
P L A T E I X . B . V O L . I I .
OìjrtophlehÌani repens,
Campyloneurum repens,
J . S.MiTrr.
L i n k . J . S.mit it .
P o l y p o d i i tm — 'S o A y ^ c i y . C r e e p i n g .
I x T U B SkCTTOX C Y R T O P U l . E B i r M O F A u T l I O R S .
A x ornamental creeping Fern.
An evergreen stove species.
Native of the American Aleridiaii, Jamaica, and tlie MTst
Indies.
In tro d u c ed into E n g lan d in 1816, and into the Eoyal G a rdens,
Kew, in 1841, from the Be rlin E o y a l Gardens.
F ro n d s simple, lanceolate-acuminate in form, reclining, g la brous,
undulated, decu rren t at the base, somewhat membranous;
fionds lateral, articulated on the rhizoma, which is creeping,
slender, and scalv.