POLYPODIUM DIVERGENS.
A V i l l d e n o w . K ü n z e . L i n k . J. S m i t h . J a c q u i n . P e e s l .
SpKENGEL. SCHKUIIR.
P L A T E x x m . V OL . u .
Phegoptex'is divergens,
Polypodium multijidum.
F e e . ,J. S m i t h .
J a c q u i n , (not o f B o e y , S i v a e t z ,
or S p e e k o e l . )
Pohjpodium—Polypody. Divergens—Sprciicling.
I n t u e S e c t i o n P h e g o p t e k i s o e A u t h o r s .
O n e of the most magnificent of the E xotic F e rn s, and very
similar in appearance and hab it to the Pohjpodium e ffusum of
Swartz, (figured in vol. i, P la te X X I I I . , and described on
page 73.)
An evergreen stove Fern.
Native of the AVest In d ie s, American Alcridian, and Caraccas,
In tro d u c ed into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1841, having
been received from the Roya l Botanic Gardens of Berlin.
The frond quadripinnatifid, pinnæ lanceolate, pinnules linear-
lanceolate, serrate, the se rratures very acute. F ro n d membranous.
