
P T IîlU S P R O L IF E R A .
Pteris—Brake.
Pro7//è;'a—Proliferous.
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A c c o r d in g to Mr. T. Moore, this is a variety of the Pteris
erctioa, figured in vol. iii, Plate X L I I I , of my “ Natural
History of Perns;” there are, however, characters about it so
markedly difiercnt from Pte ris cretica, that I think it may at
all events be provisionally raised to tbe rank of a sjiecies; and
as 1 believe there is no Pte ris p roliféra, I have adopted Mr.
Moore s name in part.
A stove Pe ru from the E a st Indies.
Introduced by Mr. E . Sim, of Foot’s Cray, in 1858.
Crown erect; scales few, small, close, and greyish. Stines
glandular.
I be seedling plants, and the tiny bulbils on the costæ of
tho pninæ, are streaked like those of P te ris aspericaulis P
tricolor, etc.
Length of barren frond six to nine inches, of fertile frond
nearly twelve inches. Colour pale green, red when young.
I ronds pinnate. Sori marginal.
For fronds my thanks are due to Mr. R . Sira, of Foot’s
Cray, Kent.
ASPIDIUM TRIANGULUM, V a r . L .axum.
H o o k e r .
Fohjstichum Iriangultim, I'ar. laxum, M o o k e . J . S j i i t k .