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PTERIS SULCATA.
L i n k . J. S m i t h . M o o r e a n d H o u l s t o n . M e y e r .
K u s z e .
r l .,A T E V . V O I ,. IV .
P te r is nemuralis, LiSK, (not o f WlLI.DBNOW )
P ie rM—Brake. Su lca ta—F urrowed.
T h is species closely resembles P te r is fe lo sm a in appearance,
y e t is always more dwarf, and is destitute of the strong odour
which is a character so marked in P . felo sm a .
A n evergreen stove P e rn .
N a tiv e of Jamaica and Brazil.
In tro d u c e d into the Roya l Gardens, K ew , in the year 1841.
T h e fronds, which are glabrous, are triangula rly-elongate in
form, p innate, the pinme being linear-lanceolate, petiolulate,
and profoundly pinnatifid. A p ex entire and caudate. The
basal pinna; b ip a rtite . Segments lin e a r, entire, obtuse, and
sub-falcate. T h e u p p e r side of the costa spinulose.
Stipes eighteen inches in len g th ; base scaly and terminal,
being ad h e ren t to an erect fasciculate rhizoma.
L en g th of frond th re e fe e t; colour deep green.
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