Pinna of matuvp Frond, undor side.
DIPLAZIUM STRIATUM.
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D ip la z ium subulatiim,
acuminatum,
Asplenium striatum.
D ip la zium—To double.
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S tr ia tum—Streaked.
A HAND.soME large Fern, which was introduced into the
Koyal Gardens, Kew, by Mr. Anderson, in the year 1793.
An evergreen stove species.
Native of Tropical America—Mexico. Jamaica.
Leibmann remarks that it occurs in the eastern temperate
region of Mexico. Galleotti found it in damp places near
Jalapa and Mirador, at an altitude of from three to four
thousand feet.
The fronds bipinnate; pinnæ lanceolate; pinnules oblong-
acuminate; base sub-cordate. Segments obtuse and dentate.
Kachis, together with the midrib, both of the pinnæ and
pinnules, pubescent.
Stipes scaly at the base.
Fronds terminal.
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