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the longest undivided ones 6 in. 1., in. hr., those of the pinnæ with
usually about 1 in. between them, the margins very slightly serrated : texture
subcoriaceous; rachts and both, surfaces n a k e d ; veins fine, simple or once
^ ^ membranous.t. 121. A. Sp. 2. p . ijo .
Hab. Gathered at Penang by Lady Dalhousie, and in Java by Mr. Lobb—Very
different from any other species of the group. I t is most like P. umhrom, but much
more compound.
21. P irregidaris Kaulf. ; st. 1-2 ft. 1., strong, angular, naked, polished,
brownish ; f r . 12-24 in. 1., often 1 ft. br. ; main rachis with a wing throughout
which IS g-g m. br. ; upper pinnæ linear, simple, lower ones 2-3 in. ap a rt a t the
base, with several long, linear, erecto-patent pinnl. on each side, which are
sometimes again shghtly compound ; longest simple segm. 3 or 4 in. 1., |- J i n . hr. ■
raehis and both surfaces naked ; texture subcoriaceous ; veins about 1 lin. apart
a t the base, usua lly once fo rk ed ; invol. narrow, membranous. — 7 f t. St>. 2
p . 173.
Hab. Sandwich Islands ; and a fragment of what is probably this species is in the Herbarium
from Sumatra. This again is very distinct. I t is more like P . Dalhousiai than
any other species, but the pinnules are regularly pinnate instead of mostly forked.
22. P . quadnaunta, Retz. ; st. 1-2 ft. 1., strong, erect, naked or slightly
scabrous, straw-coloured or brownish ; f r . 6 in. to 2 or 3 ft. 1., 4 in. to 1 ft. or
more br., with a terminal central pinna cut down nearlv to the rachis into
numerous close parallel linear-oblong lobes J-1 in. 1., 2-3 lin . br., the barren
ones entire or slightly serrated, and below this several similar pinnæ on both sides
which are 6-12 in. or more ]., 1-2 iu. br., the lowest 1-2 in. ap a rt a t the base
u sua lly again compound, with one or two similar b u t smaller p innl. branching
from them at the base on the lower side ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and
both surfaces naked ; veins conspicuous, usua lly once forked, 1 lin. to 4 in. apart
a t the base ; sotn often continuous along the whole margin of the segments.—
H k . Sp. 2. p . 179. t. 134. B. ° 6
Hab. All round the world within the Tropics, and a little beyond them. West Tropical
Africa—Angola Natd, Zambesi Land, Madagascar. Hindostán (ascending in the Hima-
Jayas to_ 11,000 ft.), S. China and Japan southward to Ceylon and the Malayan and
Polynesian Islands and Rockingham Bay in Trop. Australia. America, from Cuba and
Mexico southward to Brazil.—Varies much, especially in size. P . asperula, J . Smith is
a form with the rachises and costæ furnished with slender spines ; P . suhquÍTiata, Wallich
and Agardh, an Indian form with fewer pinnæ than usual ; P . argyroea, Moore a form
with a more or less distinctly marked band of white down the centre of the frond •
P . tricolor, Linden, the same, with a tinge of red added (see Bot. Mag. t. 5183) • and f
cannot distingmsh by any clear character the West-Indian P . Swartziana, Agardh, and
P .fe lo sm a , J . Smith ; the Brazilian P. sulcata, Link ; the Malayan P. pyrophylla, Blume.
and P. deltea, Agardh, and the South-Africau P. catoptera, Kunze. All our specimens
of the Polynesian plant have dark-brown naked stipes and rachis. Mr. Thwaites sends
from Ceylon a series of remarkable abnormal forms passing down gradually into a plant
wffh narrow linear pinnæ, the lowest with only two smaller similar pinnules on the lower
side. Down to No. 28 the species are osely allied to this and one another.
— i-ixuiiu, iiiiccti luucs uii eaea siue, wiiicil a
and reach down nearly to the rachis at the base, the point caudate ; u..
several on each side, similar to the terminal one, the lowest 2 in. apart, sometimes
forked ; textiire subcoriaceous ; rachis and both surfaces naked ; once forked,
J in. apa rt at the base ; sori continued nearly to the apex of the segments.—///&’
Sp. 2. p. 179, t. 134. A.
Hab Hindostán (ascending in the Himalayas to 2-4,000 ft.), Malayan Peninsnla,
B o / t , and J a p an .-V e ry doubtfully distinct from the preceding.
•'pl'ac/i falcate’ linear lobes on
i n n T p Z I s“evèS! . “ T r o t o / i T t J "
T t h l u X /L 'F T e d r® /J T c è | r k e d , J in àpa rt at the base ; . 0« not reaching
th1e0 iatppCeAx. oVXf tLhXXeV/ ^s.e..¡g3-m-----e--n---t- s.- — S.pA . 2. p. 183. t. 13C.
Hab Hindostán (ascending in the Himalayas to 7-8,000 ft.), Ava, Philippine and
Sandwich Islands.—Like P. quadnawnta on a larger scale.
-TV -vjir'iiri .o f 1 ff nr more 1.. naked, distinctly p rickly, glossy,
25. V.piingens, i . , • in. br. ; terminal pinna sometimes 1 ft. 1.,'
de or brownish ; f r I f f It. 1., 12 J » oi. f f . parallel, linearthIeC
apex VoXf tuhxxev-- --s--e---g---m-----e--n---t--s--. — SXp. 2. p . 182
p . edentula, Kunze, has a smooth stipe, and is normal guadnaunta.
26. P . soaS™, Bory ; .« 1-2 ft. k , J*™??’ T L T b ^ T a T F ; !
: i t / 7 o F c : ) o r k e d L ’Uiie apart at
nearly the whole length of the segment.—77/. Sp. 2. p. 187. 1.138. A.
-R n Mauritius and Bourbon —The texture is so coriaceous that the specimens can
differs in texture.
27. P. paleacea, Roxh. ; St. 2-4 ft. 1., strong, erect, f
r.” a . s s ' s i
rimilar » » » / from its under side ; texture coriaceous ; rac/mes scaly
lik e th e L p e ; faint, full J i n . ap a rt a t the base, usua lly once foiked , .0 «
extending along the whole length of the edge.— ¿p . 2. p . 18b.
Hab. St. Helena, in the upper exposed part ot Diana’s Peak.
28. P . Novw-Caledonim, H k . ; st. 1 ft. or more 1. erect, polished, naked, bright
claret-hrown ; f r . ample ; terminal pinna 6-9 m. 1., 1J m. hr., made up of
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