Portion of a segment of matnrc Frond, under side.
rOIATODIUM CORONANS.
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D ryn a ria coronans,
Phymatodes coronans.
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Coronans— Crownin g.
I n t h e S e c t i o n D r y n a r i a o f A u t h o r s .
Polypodmm coronans is a magnificent species. I t is very
rare , being only, as far as I am aware, to be found in the
collection at Kew. P . coronans of gardens is the P . m o r id -
losum of P re sl, which is figured in this volume, Plate X X X I I .
Although in some respects these species may be said to resemble
each other, y e t th ey are exceedingly distinct. The colour of
the frond and the form and disposition of the sori are widely
different, whilst the habits of the two plants are nearly similar.
A n evergreen stove Fern.
N ative of the East In d ie s and Alalacca.
T he fronds, which are deeply pinnatifid, are rig id and
triangularly-elongate. P innæ alternate and elongate, apex ending
in a fine point, about twenty pairs and an ultimate one.