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sub-rotund or oblong-elliptical in form, ra th e r obtuse, cordate
at the base, glabrous, coriaceous, slightly crenate on the margin.
Uachis and stipes densely crowded with scales of a brown
colour, lateral, ad hering to a creeping rhizoma.
L ength of frond from twelve to eighteen inches; colour dull
green.
Sori linear, eontinnous, very hroad. Indusium very narrow.
I ’or plants of this species my thanks arc due to i\Ir. Ing ram,
of the llo y a l Gardens, Mhndsor, and to Air. N orman, of H u ll;
and for fronds to Mr. Henderson, of MYntworth; Mr. Clark,
of the filasgow Botanic Ga rd en s; Air. Gray, of St. Thomas’,
E.xeter; Air. Je an s, of G ran th am ; Air. Norman, of H u ll; and
Alcssrs. Booth, of Hamburg.
I t is in the E c rn Catalogues of Alcssrs. E . G. Hen d e rso n , of
St. J o h n ’s AA'ood; Veitch, Ju n ., of Chelsea; llollisson, of T ooting;
A. H en derson, of Biue-apple P la c e ; P a rk e r, of Holloway; Sim,
of F o o t’s C ray ; Stansfield, of T o dmorden; ATitch, of E x e te r;
Ken n ed y , of Covcnt G a rd en ; and Cooling, of Derby.
T h e illustration is from a plant in my own collection.
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Portion of mature I'rond—under side.
PL ATYLO M A TERNIFOLIA.
J . S .MITI I . A I o o r e a n d H o u l s t o n . H o o k e r a n d G r e v i l l e .
P I ,ATE XXTV. J5. v o l . . H I .
P te ris suhoertioiUata,
Pe llæ a ternifulia,
P te ris
“ peruviana.
“ suhoerticiUata.
A User us sultoerlieillalus,
‘‘ ternifu liu s,
Pla tylum a—Broad-edge.
C a v .i n i i .l e s .
L i n k . J . S m i t h . P e e .
C-VVANILLES. IIOOKEU & G kEVILI.E.
I ’oili.
S w a r t z . AA'i l l e n u u w .
P k e s l .
K u n z e .
T e r n i f u l i a — T h r c e - l c a f l e t e d .
A S T R I K I X G L Y beautiful ra th e r pendulous E e rn , whose p in nules
are so placed as to form hexagonal stars one above another
all along th e frond. I t is a dwa rf species, and perhaps less
easily cultivated th an the other members of this lovely family,
yet when p ro p e rly managed makes a beautiful little p lant, and
being so different in form and general appearance as to strike
any one who sees it with admiration.
lleccived at the llo y a l Gardens, Kew, from Air. D. Cameron,
in the year 1841.
An evergreen stove Pern.
Native of Alc.xico.