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164 31. PTERIS, § EUPTERIS.
Hab. Tropical and warm temperate regions all round the world; Spain, Dalmatia,
Sicily, Algiers, Abyssinia, Canaries, and Cape Verde Islands southward through Tropical
Africa to Angola, Maealisberg, Mauritius, and Bourbon ; Lebanon, Himalayas (up to
4,000 ft.), Chusan and Loo-choo southward to S. Australia ; West Indies, Mexico, and
Venezuela.
2. P . mohtccana, Blume ; st. strong, erect, naked, polished, dark-brown ; fr .
2-3 ft. 1., oblong, simply pinnate ; pinnæ in numerous nearly opposite pairs.
linear, cuneate a t the base, spinuloso-serrated towards the p oint,' the largest
12-]g - in. ,I., . J - - , | in. b r . ,; rachis naVed,, likiee th' o sti'p e, 'b oth' surf“a ces b' right-green
and shmmg ; texture subcoriaceous ; veins conspicuous, line, close (about 6
to aline), usually simple; invol. narrow, membranous.—7 //. Sp. 2. p . 168. t.
112. B,
Hab. Malayan Islands.—P. venusia, Kunze (Bot. Zeit. 6. p, 195), is said to be allied
to this, but to have the pinnæ subauriculate at the base, and occasionally forked.
3. V.opaca, J . Sm. ; st. strong, erect, pale, finely pubescent ; 2-3 ft. 1,,
oblong, simply pinnate ; pinnæ in numerous opposite pairs, linear, cuneate at
the base, quite entire towards the point, the largest about 1 ft. 1., 4 in. br. ; rachis
pubescent, like the stip e ; texture coriaceous, both suifaces naked except the
midrib beneath ; veins sunk in the frond and only visible as faint striations •
mvol. narrow, brownish.—777. Sp. 2. p . 169. t. 114.'A. Pycnodoria, Presl.
Hab. Island of Samar, one of the Philippines, Cuming, 842.—A well-marked species,
out of which Presl made a new genus upon a mistaken view of the involucre, which is
that of typical Pteris.
** Furcatce. Lower pinnm
or slightly pinnate below, with a long linear
entire point. Sp. 4-11.
4. P . cretica, L. ; st. 6-12 in. 1., erect, wiry, naked, straw-coloured, or pale-
brown, polished ; _fr. 6-12 in. 1., 4-8 in. br. ; lateral pinnæ usually in 2 to G
opposite sessile pairs, of wliicji the upper one is sometimes a little ' decurrent,
3-6 in. 1., ¿'-f in. hr., the sterile ones considerably the broadest and spinulososerrated,^
the lower pairs often cleft doivn nearly to tlie base into two or three
Wnoar p in n l.; rachis and both surfaces n a k e d ; texture coriaceous; veins fine,
close, parallel, simple or once forked ; invol. pale, membranous.—Hh. Sp. 2.
p . 159. ¡3, F . stenophylla, H k . & Gr. To. t. 130 ; pinnæ 3 to 5 only», clustered at
the apex of the stipe. P. digitata, Wallich. — y, P . melanoeaulon, F e 'e ; '
dark-coloured ; veins sometimes scarcely visible.—P. scabripes, Wail.
Hab. Italy, Crete, Corsica, Abyssinia, Bourbon, Natal, Cape Colony, Ural, Caucasus
Arabia, Persia, Japan, Himalayas (up to 8-9,000 ft.), Neilgherries, Philippine Islands,
Fiji and Sandwich Islands, Florida, Mexico, and Guatemala.—A variegated form (alho-
lineata, Hort.) is figured in Bot. Mag. t. 5194. The Brazilian station given in Sp. Fil.
is a mistake.
5. P . pellucida, Presl ; st, 1 ft. or more L, erect, naked, straw-coloured or
brown ; f r . 12-18 in. I., ovate-lanceolate, simply p in n a te ; pinnce usually in
3 to 6 sessile pairs, linear, entire or serrated towards the point, the upper ones
slightly decurrent, the lower ones often 8 in. 1., 1 in. hr., usually all simple,
b u t occasionally the lowest forked ; rachis naked ; texture coriaceous, both
surfaces bright-green, often glossy ■ veins conspicuous, fine, close (about three
to a line), simple or once forked ; invol. membranous, brownish.—77/. Sp. 2.
p. 161. t. 129. B. {a simple-fronded state).
Hab. Himalayas, Neilgherries, Ceylon, Malayan Peninsula, Philippines, Guinea Coast.
—Different in the typical state from P. cretica, but not satisfactorily distinct. Pinn®
of the sterile frond not much broader than the others, scarcely toothed, but sometimes
crisped at the edge.
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■ ol. narrow, brownish.—77/. bp. 2. p . 160.
Hab. Ad am’s P e a k , Ceylou, at about 2,000 ft.-Begarded by Mr. Thwaites as a variety
of p. eretica.
„ J , T „ T I B . If 6 9 in 1 slender, wiry, naked, straw-coloured ; f r .
invol. broad, pale.—T i/. Sp. 2. p . 1 6 0 .1 .130. A.
Hab. Nepaul, SLkklm, and Khasya,
P. cretica ¡3, but the venation is different.
ascending to 9,000 ft.—In habit this comes near
to k e d o r / i t h 2 or 4 erecti-pa tent linear p in n u le s; raohis and both su rfa c ^
naked ; texture coriaceous ; veins fine but conspicuous, simple or once foiked.
/ / / . Sp. 2. p . 162 .« 130. B.
H a b V l ’ro ric a l an d T em p erate A u stra lia . - A la rg e r p la n t th a n P. cretica, w ith a
conspicuously winged raohis and sev eral compound pmnæ.
Q P serndata L. fil. ; st. 6-9 in. 1., erect, wiry, naked, pale or brownish ; f r .
m i h t !
p« » » * in six o r^m o re ffis tan 4 ^
forked, about 1 lin. ap a rt at the base ; invol. narrow, membranous.—77/. bp.
2. p. 167.
Hab A well-known plant iu gardens, common in China, and received lately from Japan
from Dr Hance a id from NÎtal from E. W. Kawson, E s q .-P . luxmiosa, Kunze, a
garden plant, supposed to be a native of Manilla, is said to differ by longer and nai-
fower frond, less branched and more equal lower pmnæ, and winged petioles.
10. P . crenata, Swartz ; st. 3-6 in. 1., slender, erect, naked stiaw-colo u ed
f t 6-12 ill 1., 3-6 in. hr., with a long terminal pm n a and 2 to 4 p an s of
■lateral ones those of the fertile frond slightly compound, the central portion
2 4 in 1 T i n or less hr., entire, the upper ones of the sterile frond decurrent,
the lowe! ones subdeltoid, cut down to the rachis below into 2 to 6
sharplv-toothed pinnules, which are often f or even g m. bi. , textuie sub
coriiceous ; rachis and both surfaces naked ; veins not very conspicuous, usua lly
once or twice forked.—77/. Sp. 2. p . 163. t. 127. A.
Hab Hindostán from the Himalayas to Ceylon, Chusan, and Loo-choo Islands southward
t r/pT c a rlu s tra lia , eastward"^to Samoa and F ip .-T h is has the fertile frouds of
the present, with barren ones more like those of the next group.
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