Portion of mature Frond— upper side. 



ASPLENIUM RHIZOPHYLLUM. 



LlNN^US. KUNZE. SWARTZ. WiLLDENOW. PrESL. 



PLATE XIV. A. VOL. V. 



Asplenium myriophyllum, yar., 

 Antigramma rldzopJiy lla, 

 Camptosurus rliizophyllus. 



Peesl. 



J. Smith. Mooee & Houlston. 



LiKK. Peesl. Fee. 



Asplenium — Spleenwort. 



Rhizophyllum — E.ooting-leaved . 



In the Section Antigramma of some, and Camptosurus 



OF others. 



This is another example of a solitary Fern, having been 

 separated from the genus Asplenium. In its characters it 

 seems intermediate between Asplenium and Scolopendrium. Link 

 formed a genus for this species which he called CamptosuruSy 

 whilst Smith, who also formed a separate genus for it, called it 

 Antigramma. Although it certainly seems very distinct from 

 Asplenium, I feel disposed to adopt the plan of Linnseus and 

 Kunze, and retain it as an Asplenium, at the same time giving 

 it a section to itself. No other Pern has as yet been discovered, 

 which could be classed in the section Antigramma. 



In habit it is procumbent, forming young plants at the apex 

 of the frond. If planted in a wide shallow pan, it will form 

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