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Pinna of matnve FrnnG, upper side.
ASPIDIUM FALCINELLUM.
SwAKTZ. K u n z e .
PL.VI'E V II. VOL. VI.
Aspidium aurioidatum,
Polystichum falcinellum,
O f G a r d e n s . (Not o f S w a r t z .)
P r e s l . M o o r e & H o d l s t o n . S m i t h .
Aspidium— The Shield Fern. P'oldnellum—Small sickle.
I n t h e S e c t i o n P o l y s t i c h u m o f A u t h o r s .
One of the most attractive Ferns in the section Polystichum,
the large hold sori, and the pretty and conspicuous indusium,
place this Fern in high estimation among the growers of
ornamental plants.
An evergreen greenhouse Fern.
From the Island of Madeira.
Cultivated in the Eoyal Gardens, Kew, in 1820.
Fronds oblong-lanceolate in form; pinnate, the pinn» being
linear-oblong, petiolate, acute; superior base auriculate, inferior
base obliquely truncate, the edges of the frond doubly serrate.
Fronds terminal; adherent to a fasciculate tufted rhizoma.
Length from twelve to eighteen inches; colour bright green.
For plants of this species I am indebted to Mr. P . Sim, of
Foot’s Cray, Kent; and for fronds to Mr. P . Grey, of St.
Thomas’, Exeter, and to Xlr. Norman, of Hull.