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Pinna of mature Frond, \indcr side,
ASPIDIUM MOLLE.
S w a r t z . K u n z e . L in k . IV il l d e n o w . S c h k u i ir .
I I a d d i . S p r e n g e l .
P L A T E X X X . V O L . V I .
Aspiducm violascens,
Nephrodium molle,
Polypodium puhescens,
“ nymphale.
L i n k .
IT. B r o w n . S c h o t t , J . S m i t h .
F 'e e . M o o r e a n d H o d l s t o n ,
P r e s l .
D o n .
J - iC Q n i s .
S c h k u h r . F o r s t e r .
Aspidium—The Shield Feni. Soft.
Ix t h e S e c t io n N e p h r o d iu m o f A u t h o r s .
A l t h o u g h a very common, still a very desirable free-growing
species, and well adapted for cultivating as a specimen. In a
greenhouse or stove there can scarcely be a greater weed than
Nephrodnim molle, as it is so readily propagated from spores.
Introduced into England in the year 1820.
A stove or warm greenhouse species, from Tropical America,
Brazil, Rio De Janeiro, Mauritius, and Mexico.
Fronds lanceolate and pubescent; the pinnæ being linear
