Portion of fertile Frond— under side. 



PLATYLOMA ADIANTOIDES. 



Lowe. 



PLATE XXXIII. VOL. III. 



Pellcea adiantoides, 



J. Smith. 



Allosorus " 



Presl. 



Pteris " 



Bory. 



" latifolia, 



Of Gardens. 



macrochilia, 



Kunze. 



tyloma — Broad-edge. 



Adiantoides — Maiden-hair-like 



Platyloma adiantoides is a handsome, vigorous-growing Fern, 

 resembling a large P. hastata. It is not commonly to be met 

 with, excepting in our larger British collections. 



A warm greenhouse evergreen species. 



Native of the West Indies. 



The form of the frond is broadly-ovate, bipinnate. The lowest 

 pinna? having from seven to eleven pinnules, the rest gradually 

 decreasing upwards to a simply pinnated apex. 



