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Andromeda Cliff-Brake.
P e l l æ a a n d r o m e d æ f o l i a : — R o o t - s to c k slender, creeping,
covered w ith n a rrow fe r ru gin ou s sca les ; s ta lk s scattered,
erect, w iry , smooth, pale-brown, ch a ffy on ly a t the base, two to
tw e lv e inches lo n g ; fronds abou t e qu a llin g the stalks, som ewh a t
r igid, ovate, twice to fo u r tim es pinnate ; p r im a ry pinnæ rather
distant, spreading, o vate-lanceola te ; ultima te pinnules su b -co r ia ceous,
smooth, s lig h t ly g lau co u s, petiolulate or sessile, tw o to five
lines long, bro ad ly o val, s l ig h t ly cordate and ema rgina te, fertile
ones often w ith the edges revoliite to the midvein ; v e in s s ix to
e igh t pairs, com m on ly tw ic e forked, the vein lets n e ar ly a t righ t
angles to the midvein, and sometim es p rod u c in g n a rrow r idges
on the upper sur fa ce ; so ri a t the ends o f the veinlets, involuc re
formed o f the m a rgin o f the frond, herbaceous w ith a n a rrow
w h it ish edge.
Pellæa andromedæfolia. F é e , Gen. Fil., p. 129. — H o o k e r , Sp. F il, ii.,
p. 14 9 .— E aton, in Bot. Mex. Boundary, p. 233. — H o o k e r &
B a k e r , Syn. F i l , p. 1 5 0 .
Pteris andromedæfolia. K a u l fu s s , Enum. F il, p. 18 8 . — H o o k e r & A r no
tt , Bot. Beechey’s Voy., p. 406.
Allosorus andromedæfolius. K a u l f u s s , “ Herb. & C a ta l.;” K u n z e , in Linnæa,
ix., p. 56, X., p. 503 ; Analecta Pteridogr., p. 18, t. xi. ;
T o r r e y , Pacif. R. Rep., iv., p. 159.
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