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P o f tio n o f m a tu r o F r o n d - im i l c r sitlo .
NE PIIROLEPIS UNDUE AT A.
J. S m i t h . K u n z e . F e e .
I ’ L A T R X X . V O L . V I I .
Asp id ium undalatum, S w a r t z . A f z e l i u s . S p r e n g e l .
S e p h r o le p is— K i d u e y - s c a l e d . U a d u la ta— W a v e - l e a v e d .
A M O K E dwarf species than the two preceding ones, and
cxceedinglv handsome, especially when in fructification. I t is
not common in ordinary collections.
Native of We st Africa—Sierra Leone.
Intro d u c ed by the R ig h t Ilo uourablc the E a rl of Derby
into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1844.
Fronds glabrous and narrow-lanceolate in form ; pinnate,
the pinnæ being cordato-oblong-acuminatc and sub-imbricatc ;
margin crenate.
Sori circular and ti'ansvcrsely uniserial.
Veins forked; venules direct and free.
Fronds terminal and adherent, forming a small Dscicle on
a wiry creeping rhizoma.
Tuberous rooted. Tubers are formed beneath the soil from
which issue plants the following spring.
L ength of frond twelve to twenty-two inches; colour pale
green.
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