Portion of barren Frond.
POLYPODIUM PROLIFERUM.
L owe. R oxburgh and W allioh.
P L A T E X V I I I . V O L . I I .
Goniopteris proliféra,
Meniscmm proliferum,
P e e s l . J. S m i t h . F e e .
M o o e e a n d H o d l s t o n .
SWAETZ.
F o ly p o d ium — V o y y p o A j. Profo/e r i tm—Proliferous.
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 S IN G U L A R , straggling, free-growing F e rn , bearing young
plants from the stipes of the fronds. These plants grow quite
large fronds whilst on the p a ren t stem, indeed the illustration
is one of these plants. I believe that it has never fructified m
this country.
A stove species.
Na tiv e of the E a st Indies.
In tro d u c ed into E n g lan d in th e year 1820.
Eronds pinnate, slender, pinnæ membranous, oblong-acuminate
in form, and pubescent; slightly cordate at the base, and having
th e margin crenate-deiitate. L ate ra l, adherent to a creeping
rhizoma.
L en g th from twelve to thirty -six inches; colour dull green.