Portion of mature Frond, under side.
ASPLENIUM DIVERSIFOLIUM.
A l l a n C u n n in g h a m .
M o o r e and H o u l s t o n . S m i t h . E n d l i c i i e r , ( n o l B l u m e . )
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Asplenium dimorplium, K d n z e .
Asp len ium—Spleenwort. Dive rsifolium—Alarious-leavod.
Ix T H E S e c t i o n D a r e a o f A u t h o r s .
So different are the barren and fertile fronds, that, unless
seen growing upon the same jilant, it is difficult to reconcile
the two as belonging to the same Pern, the one has the pinnules
very narrow, whilst the other is broad, and not unlike the
leaf of the celery-plant. It is a handsome species, yet rare,
and somewhat expensive.
An evergreen greenhouse Pern.
A native of Norfolk Island.
Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 18-31,
by Mr. Allan Cunningham.
The fronds, which are glabrous, are in form somewhat ovate-
lanceolate, tripinnate; the pinnæ being oblong-acuminate, decurrent
at the base. Pinnules linear-filiform, being of greatest
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