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Portion of mature Frond, under side.
POLYPODIUM APPENDICULATUM.
L i n d e n . J. S m i t h .
P L A T E X IX . VOL . I I .
Polypodium scriptum,
Goniophlehium appendiculatum,
O f G a e d e k s .
M o o e e .
Polypodium—Polypody. Appendiculatum—Appendage J.
T h i s very beautiful F e rn is b u t little known amongst cultivators
generally. T h e club-headed apices of the veins and the
veins themselves being b rig h t p u rp le crimson, the frond has a
singularly beautiful appearance.
An evergreen stove F e rn .
Na tiv e of Alexico.
F ro n d s deeply pinnatifid or subpinnate, segments linear-oblong,
acute, or a ttenuate; lower one sublobate. Form of the frond
oblong or elongately trian g u la r, with a broad base of from four
to five inches wide.
E a ch is, costa, and veins pu rp lish crimson in colour. Stipes
five inches in length, and when mature greenish.
Ehizoma green, smoothish, and creeping, and having brown
scales.
L ength twelve inches; colour pale green.
Sori small and sub-immersed, uniserial, situated on the apices
of the lower anterior vcinlets.