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POLYPODIUM HENCIIMANII.
J. S m i t h . M o o k e a n d H o u l s t o n .
Polypodium—Polypody.
P L A T E X X X .
S en c hm a n ii—Named after a Botanist.
Polypodium henchmanii is a noble and graceful P e rn , with
a pendulous habit and bluish green fronds. I t is a species
which should be universally grown in all good collections; u n fortunately
it is a species almost unprocurable , as it does not
seem to have got into any of the Nurse rym en ’s Catalogues up
to the present time. I t appears to have been first introduced
into E ngland, uu-named, about the year 1848, yet from what
source I am unable to say. T here is, I believe, a fine plant
of the P . lienclmianii in the Royal Gardens, Kew, and another
in the AYentworth collection. I n general appearance it approaches
near to the P . diversifolium of some authors, known
more generally as the D r yn a ria diversifolia.
An evergreen stove Ecrn.
A native of Mexico.
The fronds are glabrous, pinnate, the form of the pinnæ being
linear-lanceolate, very long and narrow, d e current at the base.