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NEPHROLEPIS PECTINATA.
S c h o t t . J. S.m i t h . K u n z e . P r e s l .
M o o r e and H o u l s t o n .
P L A T E X V I I T . V O L . V I I .
Nephrolepis sclikuhrii,
Aspidium pectinatum,
“ trapezoides,
“ sch ku h 'ii,
Nephrodium schkuhrii,
“ pectinatum.
F e e .
W i l l d e n o w . S p r e n g e l .
S c h k u h r . {Nut o f S w a r t z . )
L ink.
L i n k .
L i n k .
Nephrolepis—Kidney-scaled. Pecijwaia—Comb-leaved.
A x elegant slender F e rn , easily jiropagated, and when
successfully grown making a magnificent exhibition p lan t; very
easily cultivated.
An evergreen stove species.
Native of Brazil and the VNst Indies.
In tro d u c ed into the Royal Gardens, Kew, iu the year 1841,
having been received from the Royal (la rd cn s, Berlin. I t
appears to have been known in some English (jardeiis,
however, as early as 1820.
F ronds glabrous; pinnate, shape narrow llncar-hmccolate;
pinnæ alternate and crowded. Thei-e arc from one hundred
to ouc h u n d red and th irty pairs of pinnæ on each frond.