Pinna of fertile Frond—under side.
PLATYLOMA BROWNII.
J . S m it h . F e e . H o o k e r . M o o r e .
P L A T E X X IX . VOL . I I I .
Allosorus p>aradoxus,
Adianium “
P te r is ¡atizona,
“ paradoxa.
K u n z e .
11. B r o w n .
A. CUNNINGUAM. M. S.
D e s v a u x .
P la ty lom a—Broad-edge. Prownii—Brown’s.
T h e P la ty loma brownii is a stout, handsome-looking, raro
F e rn , whose fertile and b a rren fronds contrast greatly with
each other. I t is well worthy of general cultivation, yet seldom
to be met with in our gardens.
A n evergreen greenhouse Fern.
A native of New South Wales, about Morcton Bay.
In tro d u c ed into E n g lan d in the ye a r 1821.
T h e fronds, which are coriaceous, are pinnate, with few
(comparatively with P . fa lc a ta , its nearest ally,) pinnæ, varying
in number from four to eight pairs, and in size from an
inch and a h a lf to th re e inches long, and from one h a lf to
seven eighths of an inch in width. These arc nearly heart-
shaped divisions.
T h e stipes long, brow'n, and roundish, furnished with small
hair scales, especially below.
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