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Hab. New Caledonia ; discovered by M. Vieillard.—A very distinct species, the least
divided of tbe subgenus.
01. P. (Lito.) lancmfoUa, Agardh ; st. erect, naked, pale, glossy ; / r . siinply
pinnate, 12-18 in. 1., O-i) in. br. ; pinuæ linear, entire, sliglitly stalked, 4-C in. 1.,
^ iu. br., erecto-patent, the lowest aliout 1 in. ap a rt ; texture subcoriaceous ;
rachis and botli surfaces naked ; veins copiously anastomosing ; sori very narrow ;
failing short of tlie apex of the piiiiue.—I lk . Sp. 2. p . 212. P . alternifolia,
Bojer.
H.ab. Madagascar ; discovered by M. Bojer,
02. P . (Lito.) splendens, Kaulf. ; st. erect, naked, dull, slightly scabrous ; f r .
ample, simply pinnate, with numerous pairs of nearly sessile linear pinnæ, tlie
largest of wliich ai-e 1 ft. 1., more than 1 in. hr., spinuloso-serrated towards the
acuminate point ; texture coriaceous ; rachis and both surfaces naked ; veins conspicuous,
copiously anastomosing ; sori falling ra th e r short of the apex of the
pinnæ, ultimately hiding the narrow invol.—H k , Sp. 2. p . 211.
H.ab. Brazil.—P. chrgsodioides .and papyracea of Fée appear to be closely allied.
Frond sometimes quite entire.
63. P . (Lito.) Mannii, Baker ; st. 3 ft. 1., slender, flexuose, downy ; f r .
12-18 i n . l . , 6-9 in. br., the terminal pinna suliliastate vvitli two erecto-patent,
broad-lanceolate lobes ; lateral pinnoe in 6 to 7 nearly opporite pairs, lJ -3 in.
apart, the lowest pair but one the largest, 6 in. 1., under 1 in. br., linear, the
point acute, the margin only slightly sinuated, the base deeply cordate, and the
upper side slightly auricled ; texture herbaceous ; rachis rather thickly clothed
with fine spreading hairs, and both surfaces, especially the midrib, also hairy ;
veins fine, anastomosing copiously ; sori continuous along the undulated edge
n early to the point.
Hab. Fernando Po ; discovered by Gustave Mann.
P innatoe. Sp. 64-71.
64. P. (Lito.) laurea, Desv.; st. 1 ft. 1., erect, naked, polished, straw-coloured
or pale bright-brown ; f r . 12-18 in. 1., 9 in. br., oblong, the terminal pinna
linear, entire, deeply serrated towards the point, 0 in. or more 1., J - f in . br. ;
lateral pinnæ xmraexoms,, 1-2 in. apart a t the base, even the upper ones slightly
compound, the lower ones branched, with a long entire point and one or
two small stalked linear pinnl. on each side, which are occasionally again
conipound ; tcrfiire subcoriaceous ; rachis and both surfaces n a k e d ; veins
lin. apart at the base, and the bases sometimes connected by a transverse veinlet,
often twice branched before they reach the edge ; invol. narrow, membranous.
— H i . S p .2 . p . 166. V.tripbyWa, Agardh. H k . F il. 2. p . \ 7 l . t . 131. H
Hab. Madagascar ; gathered originally by Dr. Lyall, aud much finer specimens have
been sent recently by Dr. Meller.
65. P. (Lito.) Currori, H k . ; St. stout, erect, naked, straw-coloured ; f r .
ample, several ft. 1., 2 ft. or more br., the terminal pinna pubhastate, deeply
lobed ; lateral pinnæ numerous, the upper ones 4-6 in. 1., 1 in. hr., the margin
deeply and broadly sinuated, the lowest (in our specimens) in opposite sessile
pairs 2-3 in. distant from the next pair, 16 in. 1., 5 in. br., cut down within a
very short distance of the rachis in the lower p a rt into lanceolate sinuated lohes
3 in. deep, j in. br. ; texture scarcely more th a n herhaceous ; rachis and both
surfaces slightly hairy ; veins fine, copiously anastomosing ; sori in numerous
patches, which are sometimes interrupted and very short.—H k . Sp. 2. p . 232.
« 1 4 0 .—¡3, P . B a rte ri; rachis h a iry ; costa beneatli and whole under surface
clothed with long, fine spreading hairs ; veins stronger and more prominent.
, L - TTlonhntitB’ Biiv West Tropical Africa, by the late Dr.
Hah. T r e ¿ ¿ u i T on the mountains of Fernando Bo at 3-500 ft.,
Curror, and fine , ft j unlikely a distinct species, was gathered on the
b y Gustave M a n n --ft 'phis comes very
! r i : 7 « t o E « t m r a n d the sori are often only reniform, and show a decided
preference for the sinuses.
P ''l2'24^n"!-^ U n e /: f t î fF m T î
quite cut ‘'P'vn to the i " y , f^^cture subcoriaceous ; veins
broader, 6-9 in. 1., 1 in. br., more c om p o u n d .-
^’^H a t’Tropical America, from the West Indies southward to Brazil.-The typical form-
much resembles cretica in general aspect.
Hab. Tropical America, from Guatemala and New Granada southward to Peru.
68 P (Lito.) pulchra, ScUecht. ; st. strong, erect, naked, polished, strawtowards
the point, lower pmme simply ^ and both
¿ T f i n " : a T n n r o F s *o the apex of the
pinnules, ultimately concealing the inxol.—H k . ibp. 2. p . ¿13.
Hab. Mexico, ascending to 5,000 feet.
spicuous ; sori not reaching the apex of the segments.
Hab. Brazil, Burchell, &c.
_ 70. K (Lito.)
W ì è j i J z ctosè, s t i - s r ç
fo p to ^ s lH - - to the inner two-thirds of the segments ; « « ro /co n sisting
principally of a dense fringe of strong haiis.
Hab. Peru, Spritce, 40 6 3 .-IIab it most like the next, but the pinnæ much larger and
fewer.
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