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PTERIS BIAURITA.
L i n . n æ u s . K u n z e . P l u m i e r . P r e s l .
F e e . H o o k e r a n d B a u e r , (n o t o f S i e b e r . J
p l a t î : l . v o l . I I I .
Campteria hiaurita,
P te r is nemoralis,
J . S m i t h . M oore a n d H o u l s t o n .
B l u m e ? (wo/ o/* W i l l d e n o w .)
P te r is—Brake. B iau rita—Two-carcd.
I x THE S e c t io n C a m p t e r i a o f soy ie A u t h o r .s .
S o m e confusion exists as regarding what F e rn is to be u n d e rstood
as repre senting the tru e P te ris hiaurita, as it appears
evident th a t several species bear this name. However there can
be h u t little doubt b u t that the present F e rn is that knoYvn as
P . hiaurita of Linnæus.
I t is a handsome free-growing species, somewhat scarce in
cultivation in F n g lan d .
A n evergreen stove species.
Native of the West Indies and Jamaica.
In tro d u c ed into the Royal Gardens, Kcw', in 1843, by Mr.
W . P u rd ie .
T he fronds, which are glabrous, are trian g u la rly elongate in