I’inna of m a ture Frond, uppe r side.
ASPLENIUM HETERODON.
B lu .m e . H o o k e r . M e t t e n i u s . M o o r e . K u n z e
{Not o f M o r i t z or o f C o n t i n e n t . a l G a r d e n s . )
P l.A T E IIT .
I[eterodo7i— DiScvont
Asplenium—Spleenwort.
I n t h e S e c t i o n E u a s t l e n i u m o f A u t h o r s .
aVn evergreen stove Fern.
Native of Java.
A parasite, growing upon trees.
I 'h e fronds, which are coriaceo-membranaceous, arc ovate-
pinnated, the pinntc petiolate and slightly scaly; the apex
L unrinate and lengthy; base unequally cuneate. ^
opposite below, alternate above, the basal pm n ^ la i.e s t,
becoming smaller from the base to the apex of the fiond.
W in s forked. . .
Sort costate and elongate, distant from the margin. Indusmm
membranaceous. Caudex erect and scaly.
L ength of frond from twelve to twenty-four inches, length
of pinnto from two to three inches; breadth of pinmc about
an in ch ; number of piiinai from eight to ten pans.
The fronds, which arc eventually glabrous, arc deep green
in colour.