L Y G O D I U M P A L M A T U M . P O R T I O N OF P R O H IJ.
Tj X X IV -Y O L . 8.
Portion of Frond.
LYGODIUM PALMATUM.
SwARTZ. S ch k d h r . M oore. J . S m ith .
P L A T E E X X IV . V O L . V I I I .
IlydrogJossum palmatum, W i l l d e n o w .
Lygodium—From lygodes—flexible, iti allusion to tbe twining habit oT the
planta. T’aimai«»—Hand-shaped.
A n inter e sting , v e ry slender, climb ing Fern.
A greenhouse or half-h a rd y species.
In tro d u c e d into th e Roya l Gardens, K ew , in 184.5, by D r.
.\. Gray.
N a tiv e of N o r th America.
Sterile fronds smooth, b rillian t g reen, and conju g a te ; pinnæ
palmate, four to six-lobed in th e b a rre n portion, th a t is,
th e lower portio n of th e fro n d ; th e lobes oblong-obtuse and
somewhat crenulate.
F e rtile fronds contracted into small spike s; segments linear.
T h e fronds, w hich are palmate, th a t is, divid ed into five
finger-like pa rts, are much more dw a rf th an in th e majority
of this genus.
Roots c reeping every way in an intrica te mass.
L e n g th of frond from twelve to th irty -fo u r inches.