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PTERIS AQUILINA, V a r . E s c u l e n t a .
H o o k e r .
P teris esculenta,
semihastata,
arachnoïdes,
lorigera.
P L A T E X L T X .
F o e s t e b . S w a e t z . L a b il l a k d i f .e e .
S c H K u n E . W i l l d e n o w . B k o w n .
B l u m e . E n d l t c i t e r . A g a e d h .
W a l l i c h . A g a e d h .
W a l l i c h .
K a u l f u s s . K u n z e . A g a e d h .
W a l l i c h .
P ieris—Brake. A q u ilin a—Eagle-like. Esculenta—Eatable.
A P R E T T Y , narrow, slender variety of the Common Brakes,
more esijecially abundant in tbe southern hemisphere.
IS’ative of Australia, New Zealand, Society Islands, Tasmania,
Norfolk Island, Feejee Islands, Tropical America, Jamaica, Peru,
Venezuela, Guiana, Galipagos, Brazil, India, Borneo, and the
Indian Archipelago.
In this variety the fronds are usually glabrous, the pinnules
distant, narrow-linear, the superior pinnules mostly decurrent
and confluent, the portion th a t is decurrent forming a shallow
roun ded auricle.
L ength from twelve to twenty-four inches.
For fronds my thanks are due to !Mr. J . Smith, Curator of
the Royal Gardens, Kew, and to Mr. G. Norman, of Hull.
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