Portion of fertile Frond— under side. 



PL AT YLOMA ATROPURPUREA. 



J. Smith. Linn^us. Moore and Houlstok, 



PLATE XXX. A. VOL. III. 



Pellaa atropurpurea, 

 Allosorus atropurpureus, 

 Pteris atropurpurea, 



J. Smith. Link. Fee. Lamaeck. 

 Kfnze. Peesl. 



LlNNJETTS. HOOKEE. ScHKTJHE. 



Platyloma — Broad-edge. 



Atropurpurea — Dark purple. 



Another interesting dwarf species, although it cannot be 

 said to vie with Platyloma ternifolia, P. calomelanos , or P. 

 Jlexuosa, still all the Platylomas are handsome. It is not difficult 

 to cultivate in a light fibrous soil, with abundance of drainage. 

 The soil should not be kept too wet, frequent partial waterings 

 are bad, as the soil is by this means kept too wet, less frequently 

 and a copious supply is more beneficial. 



An evergreen frame or greenhouse species, not sufficiently 

 hardy to stand over winter's cold. 



A native of North America. 



Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1770, 

 yet is by no means a common Fern at the present day. 



Form of the frond ovate-lanceolate, bipinnate, the pinnules 

 being glabrous, oblong or bluntly ovate, cordate at the base; 

 terminal pinnule elongate. 



