Portion of matare Frond, under side.
ASPLENIUM BELANGER!.
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P L A T E V .— A . V O L . V.
'eni um hela n g en ,
B a r ea helangeri,
Asp lén ium tliunhergii helangeri,
“ scandens,
Ba rea scandens.
K u n z e . N o t B o b y .
B o b y .
K u n z e .
J . S m i t h . O f G a r d e n s .
M o o r e a n d H o u l s t o n .
F e e .
Asplénium—Spleenwort. Bolangeri—Belanger’s.
I n t h e S e c t io n D a r e a o f A u t h o r s .
One of the most elegant of the Fern tribe, forming a
graceful iilume of finely-divided fronds, spreading on all sides.
The caudex is erect, simple, producing numerous fronds of
a fine deep green colour, paler beneath.
The fronds are from one to two feet long, and two or three
inches wide, almost linear in outline, arching gracefully, pinnate;
the rachis stout, and bearing bulbilles in the axils of many of
the upper pinnæ. They are terminal, and are adherent to the
upright caudex. The pinnæ are oblong-obtuse, deeply pinnatifid
into blunt linear lobes, which are all simple except the basal
one on the anterior side of the pinnæ, Avhich is bifid, or sometimes
trifid.
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