I'iimii of mature I'roiul—under t>ide.
I’TEKIS LONGIFOLIA.
L in'N’æ u s . ' j ^M o o k e a n d H o u l s t o n . F e e . S.m it h .
K a u l f u s s . W i l l d e n o iv . L in k .
S c h k u h r . J a c q u in . A g a r d h . K u n z e . F k e s l .
S c h o t t , M S .
p i .A T E vm.. i i r .
P ie r is v iiia ta ,
F llix latifoUa,
P te r is ^ensifolio,
“ costata,
ScincuHK, (not B o h y .) W il l d e n o a v .
I* L UM IE Il.
S w a e t z .
B o r y . L i n k .
P te ris—Brake. Lungifolia—Long-leavccl.
T h e Pteris longifolia o f L in n æ u s is a w e ll - k n o w n s p c c ic s
in o u r g a r d e n s , e a s i ly p r o p a g a t e d , v e r y d i s t i n c t in its g e n e r a l
f o rm , a n d r e q u i r in g b u t l i t t l e c a r e in its c u l t iv a t io n , a n d
w h e r e v e r g r o w n a f a v o u r i t e . I t s lo n g p u b e s c e n c e , s t a n d in g
o u t r o u n d th e s tip e s , g iv e s th e p l a n t a s om ew h a t h e d g e h o g
lo o k .
A n evergreen stove Fern.
Na tiv e of N ep a l, the P h ilip p in e Islands, the West Indies,
Jamaica, and Manilla.
In tro d u c ed into E n g la n d in the year 1770.
T h e fronds, which are broadly lanceolate in form, are
pinnate, the pinnæ being linear, narrow, and as iniicii as seven
inches in len g th , petiolatc, with the base auriculatc. Eronds