Portion of barvcn Frond.
PTFRIS CRENATA,
S w a r t z . M oore a n d H o u l s t o n . J . S.m it h . F e e . Piu r m a n n .
H o u t t u y n . K u n z e . S c h o t t , M S .
P L A T E X L V I I I . VOL. I I I .
P te r is chinensis,
“ attenuata,
“ cJnlensis,
Pliorolohus chinensis.
L o u d o n , a n d o f E n g l i s h G a r d e n s
B l u m e .
IIOKT.
D e s v a u x .
P te r is—Brake. Crenata—N otclied.
P te ris crenqta is not a .common species in our E nglish
gardens, although easily managed ivith the ordinary care of
hothouse plants.
A n evergreen stove Fern.
Na tiv e o f the E a st In d ie s, China, Jav a , N cyv Holland,
and the P h ilip p in e Islands.
Cultivated at the Eoyal Gardens, K cyv, in 1822.
Fro n d s glabrous, hipinnate. Sterile frond having the pinnules
oblong-ovate in form, margin crenato-serrate, d e current at the
inferior base. F e rtile frond erect, pinnules linear-acuminate,
n arrow, sub-petiolate, and d e current at the inferior base.
F ro n d s lateral, adhe ren t to a short creeping rhizoma.
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