Pinna of fertile Frond, under side.
ASPIDIUM ARTICULATUM.
L o w e , (n o t o f S w a r t z nor S p r e n g e l . )
P L A T E X I . IX . V O L . V I .
Nephrodium articulatum, J . S m i t it . M o q u e & I I o u l s t o n .
;—The Shield Fem. Articulatum—Joiiitod.
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 .
A n evergreen stove species.
Native of the island of Ceylon.
Fronds glabrous, pinnate, lanceolate in shape. Pinnæ linear-
lanceolate, pinnatifid, suhpetiolate, bluntly wedge-shaped at the
base, and articulated with the rachis.
Stipes scaly. Fronds terminal, being adherent to a thick
creeping rhizoma.
Eachis of a pale chocolate colour.
Sori medial and unisorial.
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