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Piniiii of mature Frond—under side.
NEPHROLEPIS EXALTATA.
S c u o t i . J. S.\iiTn. H o o k e r . M o o r e and H o u l s t o n .
K u n z e . P r e s l . L i e b m a n n . P e e .
P L A T E X I X . V O L . V I I .
Folypodium exaltaium,
“ rivulare,
A sp id ium exaltatum,
“ eminens,
“ ensifolium,
“ fla g ellife rum,
“ suhlanosum,
Nephrodium exaltatum,
Nephrolepis commutata.
L 1N N .E U 8 . P l u m i e r .
V a h l .
S w a r t z . S c h k u h r ? E a d d i ?
K a u l f u s s . S p r e n g e l .
W lC K S T B .
B l u m e . (N o t S w A B T Z .y )
W a l l i c h .
W a l l i c h , i n p a r t .
L i n k . B r o w n .
H u m b o l d t a n d B o n p l a n d .
S c h o t t .
Nephrolepis—Kidney-scaled. E x a lta ta—Lofty.
A WELL-KNOWN, commoiily-cultìvated, ornamental Fern.
A n evergreen stove sjiecies.
Native of Jamaica, New Holland, Sandwich Islands, "West
Indies, South America, and Central America.
In tro d u c ed h y h ir. Anderson into the Iloyal Gardens, Kew,
in the year 1793.
Fronds glabrous, jiinnate, linear-lanceolate, elongate, and
slender. The pinnæ sub-cordate and oblong-acute; the base
on the upjier side auriculate; margin serrate.