Portion of mature Frond -u n d e r side.
ASPLENIUM IIACIIIRIIIZON.
R a d d i . K u n z e . M o o r e a n d H o u l s t o n , not o f L i n k .
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P I,.A T E X X X IV . V O L . V .
Asplenium rltizophormn,
Asp lemum— S p le e n w o r t.
E n g l i s h G a e d e k s ,
{not o f S w a e t z , or S c i i h a d . )
R a e liirliizo n .....................?
I x THE S ec t io n D a r e a oe A u t h o r s .
A v e r y d e l i c a t e - lo o k i n g a n d e x t r em e l y h a n d s om e s iiccics,
r a r e i n c u l t iv a t io n , y e t d e s e r v i n g a p la c e i n e v e r y col le c t io n .
An evergreen stove Pern.
Native of Brazil, IVcst Indies, Venezuela, etc.
The Asplonium rachirhizon of Link is a different species, it
is the A . rhizophorum of Swartz, Schrad, and Schkuhr; (the
Diplazium radicans of Presl, and the A . radicans of Swartz;)
the latter is the name generally adopted. It has been described
on page 87, and figured on Plate X I I , (sec letter B.)
This graceful Pern has glabrous fronds, of a somewhat
ovate-elongate form, void of pinnæ on the apex, and rooting