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7 1 . P . (Lito.) Junglnmlm, B a k e r; si. firm, erect, polished, nearly straw-
coloured ; f r . 2 ft. 1., with numerous pinnoe on each side, which are cu t down
two-thirds of the way to the rachis into linear-oblong falcate lobes J in. br. at
the base, the lowest (in our specimens) simple, 9 in. 1., 1 in. hr. ; texture subcoriaceous
; rachis and both surfaces naked ; veins fine, anastomosing principally
in costal arches and in the space between the sinnses and midrib ; sori reaching
nearly to the point of the segments.—Campteria, Reinw.
Hab. Java, Be Vriese.—Habit of quadriaurita, but texture firiri, and pinnæ with an
undivided central space more than 1 in. br.
Bipinnatæ. Sp. 72-81.
7 2 . P . (Lito.) ciliaris, Eaton ; st. about 1 ft. L, naked, polished, straw-coloured
or bright-brown ; f r . 9-12 in. 1., 6-9 in. hr., subdeltoid, tripinnate ; terminal pinna
linear, 2 in. 1., J in. hr., serrated when barren, uppermost pair simple, the next
forked a t the base, the lowest about 2 in. apart, deltoid, 2-3 in. each w’ay ;
lowest pinnl. also deltoid, with two segm. on each side, the lowest forked, upper
segm. decurrent ; texture herbaceous ; rachis and both surfaces naked ; veins fine,
distant, anastomosing into irregular costal arches in the lower h a lf of the
segments ; sori falling short of the point.—Eaton, Fil, Wright S Fendl. p , 203.
Hab. Cuba, Wright, 868.
73. P . (Lito.) spimdifera, Sebum. ; st. 1 ft. 1., polished, more or less prickly ;
f r . 1-2 ft. 1. ; terminal pinna 6-9 in. 1., 2-3 in. hr., cut down within a short
distance of the rachis into numerous linear lobes 1-1-J in. 1., ¿ - f in. hr., which
are slightly toothed wdien barren ; lateral pinnoe in numerous opposite pairs, the
lowest sometimes 1 ft. 1., the lohes similar to those of the terminal one, the lowest
pair forked, with a similar smaller pinnl. on the under side ; both surfaces naked ;
rachis of the pinnl. beneath sometimes, hut not always, furnished with a row of
weak prickles ; texture herbaceous ; veins fiuo and inconspicuous ; sort not reaching
to the point of the segments.—HJc. Sp. 2, p . 221.
Hab. Guinea Coast and Angola.—Habit of P. quadriaurita, but with prickly stems
and anastomosing venation.
7 4 . P. (Lito.) woodwardioides, B o ry ; st. 6-12 in. 1., naked, erect, straw-
co lo u re d ;/? ”. 12-18 in. 1.; terminal pinna 6-9 in. h, 2 in. hr., cut down to a
broadly-winged rachis into numerous spreading linear lohes on both sides,
the barren ones blunt and not toothed ; lateral pinnoe in a few approximated
pairs, the lowest as large as the terminal one, the lowest bipartite ; longest segm.
1^ in. 1,, f in. hr. ; texture thinly herbaceous ; racJiis and both surfaces naked ;
veins fine, anastomosing principally in costal arches ; sori falling ra th e r short of
the point of the segments.—HJc. Sp. 2. p . 220.
Hah. Mauritius. Habit of large g'watÎriaîtî'iiîa, thinly herbaceous in texture. M. Fée
has two Bourbon species of this group, L. horhonica and Monthrisonis, which I cannot
separate by the descriptions alone. Is not P. pseudo-lonchitis, Bory, a Campteroid form
of this species ?
7 5 . P . (Lito.) Milneana, B a k e r; st. strong, erect, polished, yellowish-brown ;
f r . 2-3 ft. L, with numerous pinnm on each side, cut down throughout nearly to
the rachis into linear-oldong falcate lohes ¿ - j in. 1., 2 lin. hr., the lowest
6-9 in. )., 1 - lJ in. hr., with a single similar but smaller pinnl. a t the base on the
lower side ; texture herbaceous ; rachis and both surfaces naked ; veins anastomosing
copiously ; sori falling short of the subentire tips.—P . trip a rtita y, HJc. Sp.
2. p . 226. t. 138.’B.
Hab. Solomon Isles, Milne, 511 ; Fiji, Milne, Harvey, and a plant from Queensland
with simple lower pinnæ from Mr. Hill is probably the same.—Habit of P. quadriaurita.
31. PTERIS, l it o b r o c h ia .
P (Lito.) decnrrem, Presl ; r« 1 ft. 1., strong, erect naked straw-
76. I . K o r . ] 12-18 in. br., the terminal pinna 6-J m. L,
coloured ; f i . it. h, l J rachis into numerous linear slightly toothed and
cut down to a f» °adly „ numerous, the upper
slightly falca,te the lower pair about 2 in. below the next,
= i i S “ - 5
segments.—H k . Sp. 2. p . 221.
Hab. South of Brazih-Habit of quadriam-ita, with decurreut upper pinoai and both
surfaces conspicuously hairy.
■7 X n rav,;««- • 6-12 Ih 1., naLcd, straw-coloured,
77. P . (Lito.) cut down
brownish and scabious below , / • • ^nd toothed oblong lobes on each
nearly to the raclns mto “ ¿ T t the base, "cut down quite
reaching the point of the s e gm e n ts .- /? /. Sp. 2. p . ¿UHab
New Zealand.-The la rg e s t ultimate segments not cut down to the raohis are
ahfnt 11 in. 1., I ¡n. hr. A well-marked species.
P. ( L i t o . ) ;— . r f t l —
terminal pm n a 1 ft. or more 1., c Suddenly decurrent at the base,
lobes, which are sometimes
bluntly toothed when baraen ¿ t e t t r e r s W compo/nd a t the base ; raclus
1 8 in .l., 6 in. hr., h /b a c e o u s ; veins fine, anastomosing
and both of the s e gm en ts.-? ? /. Sp. 2. p . 2 1 9 . -
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Hab. Polynesian Islands, Juan ¿ ^ T ^ e T ^ y 'd if f e r e n t in the extreme
Diemen’s Land.-Though The Juan Fernandez
¿ ¿ ¿ p o n d s ver/nearly with the former. The allied P. t o u ,
Metten., from New Caledonia, we do not possess.
79. P. (Lito.) aculeata, Sw a rtz ; . « 2 ft. 1. or more
raised points, naked ; / r . ample ; , acuminate,
the rachis throughout rnto n u J e t o T uVper on"es simple, lower
sterile parts finely "crrated , latfia „ „ ,„ 0 1 -0 1 1 8 pinnatifid innnl. on both
compound, sometimes 18 in. 1., t o ^ herbaceous ; veins fine, anastomosing
sides ; rachis and surfaces t 1 » T 2 » 224.
copiously ; sori not reaching the points— / « . Sp. L .p . 2
Hah. 'West Indies and Mexmo lu f f e iT to t foraer by"ts"more coriaoeous
P. poiito, Link, appear to be f“""® £ ^ w e r pinn/. P. Beeeheyana, Ag.. agrees with
80. P. (Lito.) t t e l E * r T « T 7 k S
when barren, the central ones Ian ■ £ i „ often 2 in. L, and again pinnatihd ,
and caudate, the lowest deltoid wi pu^nul fine, Usually anastotexture
herhaceous ; rachis and both smlaces naice ,
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