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Portion of niiitnre Frond—upper side.
ASPLENIUM ZAMIÆFOLIUM.
W il l d e n o w . M o o r e a n d H o u l s t o n . P e e s l ? H u m b o l d t ?
PLATE XXXIII. A. VOL. V.
Asp len ium—Spleenwort. ZamiaifoUiim—i>a;«Za-leaved.
I n t h e S e c t i o n A c r o p t e r i s o f A u t h o r s .
T h e present Spleenwort is in tlie same group with Asplc-
nium præmorsum and A . canariense ; it is singular iu form,
and worthy of general cultivation.
A rare species.
Native of Mexico, N ew Holland, Caraccas, and Hisiianiola.
An evergreen stove Fern.
Introduced into England in the year 1820.
The form of the frond rather ovate, glabrous, pinnate, the
pinnæ being large, and of an ohlong-dimidiatc shape, coriaceous,
acute, wedge-shaped at the base, and being inciso-serrate along
the margin; segments acute.
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