Pio n a of ba rren Frond.
PTERIS AREOLATA.
L o w e .
P L A T E L V I I .
LiiohrocJiia areolata, M o o r e .
P teris—Brake. Areolata—Name in reference to the areoles.
Tn t h e S e c t io n L it o b r o c h ia o f A u t h o r s .
A NEW and rare species, introduced by Mr. R. Sim, of
Foot’s Cray, having been raised from East Indian spores in
1858. I t is considered by Mr. Moore to be an undescribed
species.
The fronds are nearly erect, and about eighteen inches in
length; pinnato-pinnatifid; sparingly proliferous on the rachis.
Stipes long, namely, nine inches. The crown slightly scaly,
the scales being' greyish in colour. The basal pinnæ are
bipartite. Pinnæ opposite; the segments of the pinnæ falcate,
bluntish, and somewhat distant.
W id th of frond five inches; colour very b rig h t green.
