Length of frond from twelve to fifteen inches; colour dull
green.
Stipes covered with scales, the stem being black to where
the pinnæ commence, above which it is green. Terminal, and
iittuclied to a soniewliat erect rliizonia.
Sori of great length, being nearly that of the pinnæ, eventually
bccomnig conilueut.
^ Only to be met with in good collections, although introduced
into this country thirty-six years ago.
I have not yet procured a plant o f A . zamiæfolium.
It is not in any of the Nurserymen’s Catalogues.
For fronds I__^;mi indebted to Dr. Hooker.
The illustration is from a frond forwarded by Dr. Hooker.
Portion of mutiire Frond—upper side.
ASPLENIUM POLYODON.
F o r s t e r . S m i t h . P r e s l . M o o r e a n d H o u l s t o n .
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Spleeuwort. Po/ÿoclo«—Maiiy-toollied.
I n THE S e c t i o n AciioPTiinis o f A u t h o r s .
A n o t h e r species in the Præmorsum group; the vivid green
of the frond, its delicacy, and the great length of the sori, arc
sufficient recommendations to render this Fern an attractive
plant.
An evergreen warm greenhouse Fern.
A native o f Now Zealand.
This plant was first introduced into the Koyal Gardens, Kew,
in the year 1843, having been brought there by Sir. John
Edgerley.
Fronds glabrous, lanceolate in shape, pinnate, the pinnæ
being trapczoid-elongatc-acuminate, broadly wedge-shaped at the
base, deeply serrate on the margin, pinuæ petiolate, acuminate
and hairy.
Stipes and rachis scaly.
Fronds terminal, being adherent to a creeping rhizoma.
Length of frond two feet, colour deep vivid green.
Sori lengthened, oblique, commencing at mid-vein of each
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