Portion of mature Frond— under side. 



ASPLENIUM DIYEESIFOLIUM. 



Allan Cunningham. 

 Moore and Houlston. Smith. Endlicher, {not Blume.) 



PLATE XVII. VOL. V. 



Asplenium dimorphum. 



KUNZE. 



Asp lenium — Spleenwort. 



Dlversifolium — Yarious-leaved. 



In the Section Darea of Authors. 



So different are the barren and fertile fronds, that, unless 

 seen growing upon the same plant, it is difficult to reconcile 

 the two as belonging to the same Fern, 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 Fern. 



A native of Norfolk Island. 



Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1831, 

 by Mr. Allan Cunningham. 



The fronds, which are glabrous, are in form somewhat ovate- 

 lanceolate, tripinnate; the pinnae being oblong-acuminate, decur- 

 rent at the base. Pinnules linear-filiform, being of greatest 

 VOL. V. N 



