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THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. 



their edges being entire and rounded. P. biforme is stated by Nicholson to 

 have been introduced into this country in 1842. — Hooker, Species Filicum, 

 v., p. 285. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, iii., p. 157. Beddome, Ferns 

 of British India, t. 224. 



Fii. 29. Platycerium alcicorne majus 

 (I nat. size). 



P. g-rande— gran'-de (large), J. Smith. 



A magnificent, stove species, which is stated to have been discovered in 

 1828, and which, according to Lowe, was introduced into the Royal Gardens, 

 Kew, by Mr. Bidwill, in 1842 ; it is a native of North Australia, Singapore, 

 and the Philippine Islands. The barren fronds, which are very large, stalkless, 

 nearly round, and ascending, have their upper portion divided into a number 



