PTERIS CRETICA.
L in n æ u s . M oore a n d H o u l s t o n . F e e .
T o u r n e fo r t . S c i ik u i ir . S m it h . AYil l d e n o iv . A g a r d h .
L in k . K h n z e . P r e s l . S c h o t t , AIS.
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P te r is serraría,
“ vitta ta,
SWABTZ.
B o r y , (not S c h k u h r , L i n n æ u s ,
or W illd en o a v .)
P te ris—Brake. Crética—Cretan.
A P R E T T Y , and at the same time an uncommon, garden
species generally speaking, y e t well worthy of extensive cu ltivation;
compact in h abit, and b rillian t in colour; easily cu ltivated.
A warm greenhouse evergreen species.
From the E a st and AVest Ind ie s, Alexico, China, the south
of E u ro p e , Arabia, and Armenia.
Cultivated in the Eoyal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1820.
T h e fronds are glabrous and pinnate, the piiinEe of the sterile
fronds linear-lanceolate, the lower pair b ip a rtite , petiolulate, with
a se rrated margin. The fertile segments linear, narrow, se rrated
at the apex, and frequently six inches long.
Rachis and stipes straw-coloured.
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