PortioTi of mature Frond, upper side.
POLYPODIUM ATTENUATUM.
R. B r o w n , {not H o o k e r , K u n z e , W i l l d e n o w ,
H u m b o l d t , P r e s l , or S i e b e r . )
P L A T E X X IX .— A . V O L . I I .
D l c tym ia a tte n u a ta ,
D ic ty o p te r is a tte n u a ta ,
D r y n a r ia hroioniana,
P o ly p o d ium h row n ia n um,
J. Sm i th . M o o e e & H o u l s t o n .
P e e s l . M o o e e , [not o f H o o k e r . )
F e e .
S p e e n h e l . K u n z e .
A tte P o ly p o d ium — P o ly p o d y . n u a tu m — D im iiiis lie J .
Ix TH E S e c t i o n D i o t y m t a o f A u t h o r s .
A V E R Y pre tty F e rn , with contiguous, simple, linear, smooth,
opaque fronds.
A n evergreen greenhouse species.
Native of Australia and New Holland.
In tro d u c ed into E n g lan d in the year 1838, and into the
Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1838, by Air. A. Cunningham.
Fro n d s simple, linear-acuminate, attenuated at the base,
coriaceous, lateral, articulated on a creeping rhizoma.
L ength of frond twelve inches; colour dark green.
Sori immersed, uniserial, oblong, situated on the u p p e r half
of the frond.
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