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Portion of MUiturc Fronil—upper side.
D O R Y O P T E l l I S P E D A T A .
F e e . j . S .\iiT ii.
I’l.A'l K XX.KA . VOI,. J l l .
P te ris pedala.
“ digitato-partita,
“ ehenopora,
LitührocJiia pedata,
Li.NNiEUs, W i l l d e n o w , S c H K u n u . L i n k .
R a d d i , rKOBABi.Y o f P l d m i e k , K a u l f d s s ,
AND L a n g s d o b f f .
AVi l l d e n o w .
W i l l d e n o w .
1’k e s l .
Dargopteris—Spear-leaved Fern., P e d a ta—Pedate.
A n v v A R P handsome F e rn , less than Donjopteris p a lm a ta , and
yet Y-ery much resembling th a t species, although not so mucli
divided on the frond.
An evergreen stove Fern .
Native of the AYest Indies and Brazil.
The fronds, when mature, measuring about five iuches in ex pansion
either way, tcrnate, parted to the base, the three branche.s
springing from the top of the stipes; the lateral ones two-parted
nearly to the base; both segments dcorsely lobed, the upper
also slightly lobed on the anterior side, the lobes variable in
size and number, the intermediate branch being cuneate at the