Pinna of fertile Frond— under side. 



PLATYLOMA BROWNII. 

 J. Smith. Fee. Hooker. Moore. 



PLATE XXIX. VOL. III. 



Allosorus paradoxus, 

 Adiantum " 

 JPteris latizona, 

 " paradoxa, 



Kunze. 



R. Bboytn. 



A. Cunningham. M. S. 



Desvattx. 



Platyloma — Broad-edge. 



Browniv — Brown's. 



The Platyloma Brownii is a stout, handsome-looking, rare 

 Fern, whose fertile and barren fronds contrast greatly with 

 each other. It is well worthy of general cultivation, yet seldom 

 to be met with in our gardens. 



An evergreen greenhouse Fern. 



A native of New South Wales, about Moreton Bay. 



Introduced into England in the year 1821. 



The fronds, which are coriaceous, are pinnate, with few 

 (comparatively with P.falcata, its nearest ally,) pinna;, varying 

 in number from four to eight pairs, and in size from an 

 inch and a half to three inches long, and from one half to 

 seven-eighths of an inch in width. These are nearly heart- 

 shaped divisions. 



The stipes long, brown, and roundish, furnished with small 

 hair scales, especially below. 



