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rliizoma “ creeping above the ground,” and in being more
compact in its growth.
Both forms are in the Catalogues of Mr. R. Sim, of Foot’s
Cray; Rollisson, of Tooting; Kennedy, of Covent Garden; and
Booth and Son, of Hamburg.
The illustration is from a plant in my own collection.
ASPIDIUM MUCEONATUM.
SWAKTZ. SCIIKUHE. KüNZE. SPEENGEL. Sl OAN.
P L A T E X X X I . B . V O L . V I .
Polystichum mucronatum,
Nephrodium Sloanei,
P k e s l . J . S m i t h . P e e .
M o o e e a n d H o u l s t o n .
P e e s l .
Aspidium—The Shield Pern. îïucronatum—Sharp-pointed.
I n t h e S e c t io n P o l y s t ic h u m o f A u t h o r s .
A L O V E L Y dwarf, close-growing, evergreen, scarce species;
seldom to be met with in private collections. Easily cultivated.
A stove Fern.
Native of Jamaica.
Introduced into England in the year 1838.
Fronds pinnate, linear-lanceolate in form; pinnæ petiolate,
oblong-ovate, mucronate; lower ones sub-hastate; superior base
auriculate; inferior base obliquely wedge-shaped; margin serrate,
with long spiny teeth.
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