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rOLYPODILTXI QUERCIFOLIUXI.
L inncEUS. K unze.
K aulfuss. Swartz. Sfrenge l. II. B rown.
I 'l .A T I i X . V O L . I I .
B r y n a r ia quercifolict. Boi iY. M o oi :e & I I o u l s t o n .
J. S m i t h . S o i i k u e h .
F o ly p o d iu m — V o \)- \m iy . Qiu -rc ifu liu n t— O a l c - l e a v c t l .
I n t h e S e c t ’ i o n D r y n a u i a o f A u t h o r s .
T h i s very ra re species is a iioblc F e rn , ami certainly no plan t
can be more aptly named. I n tlic Koyal Gardens, Kew, there
is a handsome plant which receives general notice and admiration
from its singular growth. T his F e rn is commonly to he met
with in Catalogues, b u t u nfortunately only the name, the species
sold being the P olypodntm p h ym a to d e s ; however, as several
N u rserymen have now p ro cu red it, those mentioned may he
d epended upon as supplying it tru e to its name.
A n evergreen, exceedingly rig id species.
A native of New H o llan d , Jav a , China, JIan illa , East Indies,
F h ilip p iu e Islands, and Alolucca.