Portion of mature Frond, under sido.
DIPLAZIUM PLANTAGINEUM.
S w a r t z . S c h k u h r . L o d d i g e s . J. S m i t h . K u n z e .
L i n k . W i l l d e n o w . P r e s l .
L e ib m a n n . F e e . M o o r e a n d H o u l s t o n .
PLATE XLVI. VOL. V.
A sp len ium p la n ia g in evm ,
D ip la z ium acuminatum,
A n tig ramm a “
L inxæus.
E a d d i . L i x k .
(N o t o f B lume.)
P eesl.
D ip la z ium—To double, iu allusion to th e double covering of the
spore-cases. P la n ta g in e um—Plantain-leaved.
A D E S IK .A B L E dwarf Fern; introduced into this country in
1819, and into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1841.
An evergreen stove species.
Native of Tropical America, Brazil, and the West Indies.
The fronds, which are simple and glabrous, are oblong-acuminate
in form, undulate, margin crenato-serrate, proliferous
at the base.
