Tas. 5194, 
PTERIS Cretica, L. 
Cretan Pteris. 
Nat. Ord. Friices.—CryproGaMi1a Finices, 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4925.) 
Preris (Eupteris) Cret¢ica ; fronde circumscriptione ovata subcoriaceo-membra- 
nacea pinnata, pinnis 3-24 remotis digitalibus ad spithameam sterilibus 
lanceolatis spinuloso-serratis fertilibus oblongo-linearibus apice serratis in- 
fimis bi- rarius tri-partitis, venis plerisque furcatis approximatis horizonta- 
liter patentibus, involucris marginalibus angustis, stipite elongato. 
Preris Cretica. Linn. Mart. p. 130. Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 96. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. 
p. 314. Schk. Fil. t. 90. Ag. Pterid. p.9. Hook. Sp. Fil. v. 2. p. 160. 
PrERIs semiserrata. Forsk. Descr. 186. 
Preris serraria. Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 96. ¢. 289. 
Preris pentaphylla. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 362. 
Preris heterophylla. Poir. (fide Desv.) 
Preris nervosa. 7h. Fl. Jap. p. 332. Wail. Cat. n. 96. 
Preris vittata. Bory in Belanger Voy. 
Preris multiaurita. 4g. Plerid. p. 12 (taller form, with numerous pinne)., 
Preis triphylla. Mart. et Gal. Fl. Mex. p. 51 to p. 81 (var. with three pinne 
only), not of Agardh. : 
Var. stenophylia ; frondibus digitatis vel digitato-pinnatis, pinnis 3-5 subinte- 
gerrimis. Hook. Sp. Fil. v. 2. p. 160. 
Prerts stenophylla. Hook. et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 130. 4g. Sp. Pterid. p. 11. 
Preris digitata. Wall, Cat. n. 91. 
Preris teeniosa. J. Si. in Hook. Journ. Bot. v. 3. p. 405. 
Var. albo-lineata ; pinnis linea media lata alba. (Tas. Nostr. 5194.) 
Pteris Cretica is far from being peculiar to Crete, as its name 
would seem to imply; on the contrary, few Ferns have a more 
extensive geographical distribution, from Turcomania in Uralian 
Siberia throughout the south of Europe, the Mediterranean and 
its islands, Arabia, and Abyssinia. It is frequent in various parts 
of India, and there generally quite maintaining the European 
JULY Ist, 1860. 
