Portion of mature Frond— upper side. 



POLYPODIUM DIVERGENS. 



WiLLDENOAY. KUNZE. LiNK. J. SmITH. JaCQUIN. PkESL. 



Sprengel. Schkuhr. 



PLATE XXIII. VOL. II. 



Phegopteris divergens, 

 Polypodium muUiJidum, 



Fee. J. Smith. 



JaCQUIN, {not of BOEY, SwAETZj 



or Speengel.) 



Polypodium — Polypody. 



Divergens — Spreading. 



In the Section Phegopteris of Authors. 



One of the most magnificent of the Exotic Ferns, and very 

 similar in appearance and habit to the Polypodiwn effiisum of 

 Swartz, (figured in Vol. I., Plate XXIIL, and described on 

 page 73.) 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of the West Indies, American Meridian, and Caraccas. 



Introduced into the Poyal Gardens, Kew, in 1841, having 

 been received from the Poyal Botanic Gardens of Berlin. 



The frond quadripinnatifid, pinna) lanceolate, pinnules linear- 

 lanceolate, serrate, the serratures very acute. Frond membranous. 



