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ASPIDIUM PUBESCENS.
Swartz. Spr enge l. F e e .
P L .A T E X X V . V O L . V I .
Lastrea
Poh/podium pubescens,
Nephrodium puhescens.
P k e s l . J , S m i t r .
M o o r e .a n d H o u l s t o n .
L iN N J iU S .
H o o k e r a n d G r e v i l l e .
Aspklium—Tlxe Shield Fern. Puhescens—Downy.
I n t h e S e c t i o n L a . s t r e a o f A u t h o r . ? .
Aspidium puhescens is often confused in gardens with the A .
decompositum, which is a similar-looking species, althougli
destitute of that downy character so conspicuously shewn in
the A . puhescens.
A handsome evergreen stove species, capable of being grown
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