Pinna of matvire Frond, under side.
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K ü n z e . L i n n æ ü s . S p r e n g e l , {not of S c h k ü h r . )
P L A T E X X X V . VOL. I I .
G o n io p h leh ium d iss im ile , .J. Smi t h . M o o e e a n d H o u l s t o n .
P o ly p o d ium — P o l y p o d y . D is s im ile— Unl ike .
I n t h e S e c t i o n G o n i o p h l b b i u m o f A u t h o k s .
T hi s p re tty rare F e rn is a very dissimilar species to any
other of the section Qoniophlebium, in which it has very properly
been placed by Mr. Smith. A lthough scarcely yet known
amongst Fern-growers, still it is a very desirable plant.
An evergreen stove F e rn .
Na tiv e of Jamaica and Brazil.
Fro n d s slender, pendulous, pubescent, articulated on a scaly
creeping rhizoma. Fro n d s lanceolate in form, pinnate, pinnæ
being distant, sessile, subfalcate, lanceolate-acuminate, membranous,
undula ted , and in a slight degree deflexed, the lower
ones standing forward.
Sori biserial.
L ength of frond from twenty-four to th irty -six inches; colour
pale yellowish green.
In tro d u c ed into E n g la n d in the year 1820.
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