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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. 



Fig. 29, Platycerium alcicorne majus 

 (] nat. size). 



P. grande — 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. Bid will, 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 



