liii!
Piima of mature Frond, under side.
ASPIDIUM VESTITUM.
S w a r t z . S c h k u h r . K u n z e . K a u l f u s s ,
n o t o f S i e b e r , nor o f W i l l d e n o w .
P L A T E X X X V I I I . V O L . V I .
Folystichum, vestitum,. P e e s l . J . S m i t h .
M o o s e a n d H o u l s t o n .
F o e s t e e , not o f E a d d i .
F e e .
Aspidium—The Shield Fern. Vestitum—Clothed.
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 .
T h i s most interesting species is not generally cultivated,
except in our best collections. I t has a more dwarf growth
than most of the species in the section Polystichum, and makes
a very pretty specimen plant.
An evergreen greenhouse species.
Native of New Zealand, Tasmania, (Van Diemen’s Land,)
New Holland, and Chili.
The present species must not be confounded with the Lastrea
vestita of J . Smith, nor with the Polystichum proliferum of
Presl: it is not unlike the latter, except in being more rigid.
