PTERIS LEPTOPITYLLA.
SwAKTZ. K u n z e . L i n k . A g a ü d i i . P r e s e .
l ’ I .ATE XV.VTI. Y-OE. I I I .
Liíoltroehia leplopliylla,
P te r is spintdosa.
“ decurrens,
Cheilanthes spinulosa,
P ie r is—Brake.
J. S.MITIT, MoOIÍE AXD IIOOLSTON.
F ee. Swyiítz.
K a d d i . ScnoTT, MS.
Aurab, (not o f Link or E addi.)
Link.
Lep to phylla—&\cnàer-\e&\'eà.
I n t h e S e c t i o n L i t o b r o c h i a o f A u t h o r s .
A D E L IC A T E , pleasing, dwarf species, Yvhosc spinulose fronds
induced both L in k and Raddi to name it spinulosa.
A stove species.
Native of Brazil.
Raised at the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 18-34.
F e rtile fronds glabrous, trian g u la r in form, b itrip in n a tc ; segments
distant, acuminate, linear, and narroYV. A pex serrate.
Sterile fronds glabrous, trian g u la r in form, bipinnatifid, and
beloYV tripinnatifid; pinnæ linear-acuminate, d e current at the
base; margin se rrate, Yvith long spinulose teeth.
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