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Portion of matme Frond, under side.
POLYPODIUiM HARPEODES.
L i n k . K o n z e .
P L A T E X V H . V O L . I I .
Gomophlebittm harpeodes,
h la rg in a r ia harpeodes.
J . S m i t h . M o o e e a n d H o u l s t o n .
P e e s l .
Polypodium—Polypody. Harpeodes—Scimitar-like.
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 n interesting P e rn , bearing a striking resemblance to the
P olypodium Catharinee of Langsdorff and Fische r, and figured
in vol. i, Pla te X L IV , and described at page 131 of that
volume.
In tro d u c ed into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1841,
from the Royal Botanic Gardens of Berlin.
A n evergreen stove species.
Na tiv e of Brazil.
F ro n d s pinnatifid, the pinnæ being nearly entire, lanceolate-
acuminate, scimitar-shaped, the lower ones standing forwards.
Fro n d s glabrous, broadly lanceolate in form, nearly erect in
h ab it; articulated on a stout, scaly, creeping rhizoma.
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