Portion of fertile Frond— under side. 



PLATTLOMA HASTATA. 



Lowe. 



PLATE XXXII. VOL. III. 



Pellcea hastata, 

 Cheilanthes hastata, 

 Cassebeera hastata, 

 Pteris hastata, 

 " viridis, 

 Allosorus hastatus, 

 Adiantum hastatum, 



J. Smith. Link. Fee. 



KUNZE. 



J. Smith. Mooee and Houlston. 



Linnaeus. Swaktz. 



FOESK. 



Peesl. 



Linnaeus. 



Platyloma — Broad-edge. 



Hastata — Halbert-leaved. 



In the Section Pell^a of Authors. 



The Platyloma hastata is a pretty and not uncommon Fern, 

 known best in the English gardens as Pteris hastata, and being 

 easily propagated from spores. 



An evergreen greenhouse species. 



A native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Introduced into England before the year 1822. 



