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N'i
Pinna of mature Frond.
ASPIDIUM PTEROIDES.
S w a r t z .
P L A T E X L 7V . V O L . V I .
Nephrodium pteroides,
Polypodium pteroides,
Aspidium terminans,
Nephrodium terminans,
“ Cuminyii,
J . S m i t h .
E e t z iü s .
W a l l ic h . M o o e e & H o u l s t o n , K u n z e .
J . S m i t h . F e e .
J . S.MITH.
Aspidium—The Shield Fem. Pteroides—Fern-like.
I n 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 .
Aspidium pteroides, better known as Nephrodium terminans
in our British collections, is a handsome Fern, differing more
especially from others in the same section in the position of
its fructification.
An evergreen stove Fern.
Native of the East Indies, the Island of Ceylon, and the
Philippine Islands.
Fronds pinnate. Pinnæ pinnatifid, linear-lanceolate in form,
petioliilate, in some degree membranou.s, subcordate at the base,
aud obtusely lobed.
