Portion of mature Frond— upper side. 



ASPLENIUM ZAMI^FOLIUM. 

 WiLLDENOw. Moore and Houlston. Presl? Humboldt? 



PLATE XXXIII. A. VOL. V. 



Asplenium — Spleenwort. Zamicefolium — Zamia-lQoxedi, 



In the Section Acropteris of Authors. 



The present Spleenwort is in the same group with Asple- 

 nium prcemorsum and A. Canariense ; it is singular in form, 

 and worthy of general cultivation. 



A rare species. 



Native of Mexico, New Holland, Caraccas, and Hispaniola. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Introduced into England in the year 1820. 



The form of the frond rather ovate, glabrous, pinnate, the 

 pinnse being large, and of an oblong-dimidiate shape, coriaceous, 

 acute, wedge-shaped at the base, and being inciso-serrate along 

 the margin; segments acute. 



