. A natural history of new and rare ferns : containing species and varieties, none of which are included in any of the eight volumes of "Ferns, British and exotic", amongst which are the new hymenophyllums and Trichomanes . Ferns. Portion of fertile Frond, under side. ASPLENIUM ALATIJM. Hooker and Greville. Willdenow. Mettenius. Humboldt and Bonpland. Moore. J. Smith. PoiRET. Sprengel. Desvaux. Kunze. Klotzsch. Fee. {Not of Sieber, or Berthelot. ) PLATE XII. B. Asplenium pterophorum, Peesl. Asplenium—Spleenwort. Alutum—Winged. A SINGULAR Fern, having broad herbaceous wings on either
. A natural history of new and rare ferns : containing species and varieties, none of which are included in any of the eight volumes of "Ferns, British and exotic", amongst which are the new hymenophyllums and Trichomanes . Ferns. Portion of fertile Frond, under side. ASPLENIUM ALATIJM. Hooker and Greville. Willdenow. Mettenius. Humboldt and Bonpland. Moore. J. Smith. PoiRET. Sprengel. Desvaux. Kunze. Klotzsch. Fee. {Not of Sieber, or Berthelot. ) PLATE XII. B. Asplenium pterophorum, Peesl. Asplenium—Spleenwort. Alutum—Winged. A SINGULAR Fern, having broad herbaceous wings on either side of the stipes, and between the pinnae on the rachis, with a break where each pinna is attached. By no means a common plant in cultivation. An evergreen stove species. Native of Tropical America, New Grenada, Venezuela, Peru, Jamaica, Brazil, Sierra Leone, and St. Vincent. The fronds, which are membranaceous and herbaceous, are pinnate; pinnae distant and numerous, and equal in size except near the apex of the frond, and from one to two inches in length, almost sessile, base briefly wedge-shaped, the superior base auriculate. The form of the frond is broadly-lanceolate, acuminate, and frequently proliferous at the apex. Stipes and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lowe, E. J. (Edward Joseph), 1825-1900; Lowe, E. J. (Edward Joseph), 1825-1900. New and rare ferns. London : Bell & Dadly
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