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POLTPODIÜAI DIVERSIFOLIUM.
L oave.
P L A T E X L I I I .
Campylonevron angusiifolium,
D ry n a ria diversifolia,
Polypodium angustifolium,
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M o o r e .
S avartz. E a d d i .?
ium—Polypody. Diversifolium—Various leaved.
I n t h e S e c t i o n D r y n a r i a o r A u t h o r s .
T h e P olypodium diversifolium, known best u n d e r the name
D r yn a ria diversifolia, is a recently introduc ed and interesting
species; its elegant fronds and graceful habit must win it many
admirers, and when more generally known in the N u rserymen’s
Catalogues, will doubtless be extensively cultivated among the
amateur F e rn growers.
A stove evergreen species.
T his F e rn , which is a native of the Philip p in e Islands, of Java,
and of New Hollan d , about Moreton Bay, and within the tropics,
is evidently a vigorous grower, reaching three, and probably
four feet in heig h t, with lanceolate pinnæ, the lower ones three
q uarters of an inch in length.
Rhizoma creeping, scaly, stoutish, with lateral-articulated
fronds.
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