PùmaTof mature Frond, under side.
POLYPODIUM CUSPIDATUM.
D o n . K u n z e . S p r e n g e l . {Not of B l u m e or P r e s l . )
P L A T E X X V . V O L . I I .
Phymatodes cuspidata, J . S m i t h .
Polypodium leiorhizum, W a l l i c h . K u n z e .
Phymatodes leiorhiza, P r e s l .
D ry n a ria leiorhiza, J . S m i t h . M o o r e & H o u l s t o n .
Pleopeltis cuspidata, M o o e e .
P o lypodium—Polypody. Cuspidatum—Pointed.
I n t h e S e c t i o n D r y n a r i a o f A u t h o r s .
A h a n d s o m e F e rn , with an extraordinarily large, creeping,
smooth, spotted, snake-like rhizoma, and smooth, shining fronds.
An evergreen stove species.
Na tiv e of the E ast In d ie s—Nepal.
Fro n d s glabrous, pinnate, the pinnæ lanceolate-acuminate,
ending in a v ery fine po in t; the inferior pinnæ petiolate, h u t
the u p p e r ones adnate and d e cu rren t; about twenty pairs of
pinnæ on each frond.
L en g th of frond from twenty-four to forty-four inches ; colour
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