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I ’ L A T E X X V I . V O L . V I .
Aspidium oUgodonton,
Lastrea elongata.
elongatum,
Aspidium—The Shield l ’en!.
D e s v a ü x .
P e e s l . J . S m i t h .
M o o e e a n d H o d l s t o n .
A i t o n .
FJongatum—Elongated.
T h is interesting Fern is not very dissimilar to an elongated
form of Aspidium filix-mas, and may prove hardy in warm
situations.
A greenhouse species.
Native of the Island of Madeira, Canary Island, Azores,
and Teneriffe.
Introduced into England in the year 1799.
Fronds glabrous, triangularly elongate in form, sub-tripinnate ;
the pinnæ triangularly elongate. Pinnules oblong-acute, with
slightly dentate blunt segments. Stipes paleaceous. Terminal,
adherent to a thick, short, creeping rhizoma.
Sori medial.
