Portion ot mature Frond, under side.
ASPIDIUM AUGESCENS.
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Lastrea augescens,
Nephrodium Ottonis,
Aspidium Ottonianum,
Lastrea serra,
serra,
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Aspidium—The Shield Fern. Augescens................
I n t h e S e c t io n L a s t r e a o f A u t h o r s .
A n o t h e r ornamental Fern, with pale green fronds.
An evergreen stove species.
Nativa of Cuba, Venezuela, Caracas, Mexico, and Caribce.
Fronds slender, semi-erect, broadly-lanceolate in form, pubescent,
pinnate, the pinnæ being linear lanceolate, (very narrow
for their length,) sessile, pinnatifid, the segments being rigid,
small, oblong-obtuse, and largest nearest the rachis. Fronds
lateral, adherent to a creeping rhizoma.
Length from three to four feet; colour pale green.
Sori medial, and often only partial. Indusium hairy.
Best known as the Lastrea augescens.
My thanks are duo to Messrs. Veitch, of E x eter; Messrs.