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Portion of mature Frond, under side.
ASPIDIUM PROLIFERUM.
R. B r o w s . K u n z e , (not of H o o k e r a n d G r e v i l l e . )
K a u l e l ' s s . S p r e n g e l .
P LA T i-; Ni l . V O L . V I .
Polystichum proliferum,
Aspidium vestitum,
Polystichum stramineum,
Aspidium—The Shield Fern.
P e e s l . M o o e e a n d I I o u l s t o n .
J . S m i t h .
W i l l d e n o w , {not o f S w a e t z ,
S lE E E E , ScHKUHE, n o r F e E . )
V e i t c h ’s , J u n . , C a t a l o g u e .
Proliferum—Proliferous.
I n t h e S e c t io n P o l y s t ic h u m o f A u t h o r s .
A g a in it is requisite to remark “ a handsome plant when well
grown;” and also, like Aspidium pungens, viviparous near the
apex of the frond.
An evergreen warm greenhouse Fern.
Native of Van Diemen’s Land, (Tasmania,) and New Holland.
Received into the Royal Gardens, Kew, from Messrs. Osborn,
in 1843.
Fronds linear-lanceolate in form, bipinnate; pinnules petiolate,
oblong-ovatc, obtuse, sub-falcate ; superior base iu a small degree
auriculate; margin bluntly toothed. Terminal, adherent to a
thick tufted rhizoma.
Rachis aud stipes paleaceous.