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ASPLENIUM DECURTATUM.
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A th y r ium decurtatum,
Asplenium—Spleenwort.
P b e s l . F e e .
Decurtatum—Siiortened.
I n t h e S e c t i o n A t h y r i u m o f A u t h o r s .
Asplenium decurtatum is a Lady Fern-looking species.
An evergreen stove species.
Native of Brazil.
Fronds bipinnate, linear-lanceolate in form, apex acuminate;
pinnæ long, acute; pinnules obtusely-lanceolate. Pubescent.
Pinnæ deeply pinnatifid, subopposite or alternate; about thirty
pairs on each frond.
Stipes and rachis whitish.
Sori oblong, brief, and all equal.
Length of frond twelve to twenty-four inches.
I have not been able to procure a plant of this species.
For fronds my thanks are due to M. Schott, Director of the
Imperial Gardens of Schonbriinn, and to Mr. J. Henderson, of
W entworth.
It is not in any Nurserymen’s Catalogues.
The illustration is from M. Schott’s plant.
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