Portion of mature Frond— under side. 



DIPLAZIUM PLANTAGINEUM. 



SWARTZ. SCHKUHR. LODDIGES. J. SmITH. KuNZE. 



Link. Willdenow. Presl. 

 Leibmann. Fee. Moore and Houlston. 



PLATE XLVI. VOL. V. 



Asplenium plant agineum, 

 Diplazium acuminatum, 



Antigramma " 



LlNN^US. 



Eaddi. Link. 



(Not of Blume.) 

 Presl. 



Diplazium — To double, in allusion to the double covering of the 

 spore-cases. Plantagineum — Plantain-leaved. 



A DESIRABLE dwarf Fern; introduced into this country in 

 1819, and into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1841. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Native of Tropical America, Brazil, and the West Indies. 



The fronds, which are simple and glabrous, are oblong-acu- 

 minate in form, undulate, margin crenato-serrate, proliferous 

 at the base. 



