Portion of mature Frond— upper side. 



POLYPODIUM ATTENUATUM. 



R. Brown, {not Hooker, Kunze, Willdenow, 

 Humboldt, Presl, or Sieber.) 



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Dictymia attenuata, 

 Dictyojpteris " 

 Drynaria Browniana, 

 Polypodium Brownianum, 



J. Smith. Mooee & Houlston. 



Peesl. Mooee, {not of Hookee.) 



Pee. 



Speengel. Kunze. 



Polypodium — Polypody. 



Attenuatum — Diminislied. 



In the Section Dictymia of Authors. 



A VERY pretty Fern, with contiguous, simple, linear, smooth, 

 opaque fronds. 



An evergreen greenhouse species. 



Native of Australia and New Holland. 



Introduced into England in the year 1823, and into the 

 Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1828, by Mr. A. Cunningham. 



Fronds simple, linear-acuminate, attenuated at the base, 

 coriaceous, lateral, articulated on a creeping rhizoma. 



Length of frond twelve inches; colour dark green. 



Sori immersed, uniserial, oblong, situated on the upper half 

 of the frond. 



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