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38. Prxris, Zina. (in part.) 
1. P. longifolia, Linn.; Hort. Kew. 
2. P. Cretica, Linn; Schk. Crypt. t. 90. 
Has. South of Europe; East and West Indies. Cultivated in 1820. 
3. P. umbrosa, 2. Br. 
Has. New Holland. Introduced by A. Cunningham, Fsq., in 1824. 
4. P. serrulata, Linn.; Hort. Kew. 7 
5. P crenata, Sw.; Burm. Zeyl.t.87. Pteris Chinensis,Hort. Angl. 
Has. East Indies. Cultivated in 1822. 
6. P. heterophylla, Linn.; Plum. Fil. t. 37. 
Has. Jamaica. Introduced by Mr. W. Purdie in 1844. 
7. P. felosma, nov. spec. Fronds pinnate, pinne sessile, lanceolate, deeply 
pinnatifid, the apex caudate and entire, the lower pair bipartite, coste 
inulose on the upper side, lacinie linear-lanceolate, obtuse, entire, 
slightly faleate ; vems forked close to the costula, free, the lower pair 
terminating in the sinus of the laciniz. 
_ Has. Jamaica. Cultivated in 1822. Fronds two to three feet high, 
rising from an erect rhizoma. Pinne six to eight inches long, terminated by 
an entire, lanceolate cauda. The whole plant, on bruising it when fresh, 
emits a peculiar smell. 
Oss. This is an old inhabitant of our hot-house, propagating 
itself freely by its sporules. It has been long known by the 
names of P. Plumierii and P.nemoralis, but the latter is given 
under Campteria, and as Plumier’s figure, t. 15, is also quoted 
for Campteria biaurita, which can only be known as distinct 
from the present species by the anastomosing of the lower veins, 
and which characterizes Campteria from true Péeris, I therefore 
view this as an undescribed species; and as my attention has 
often been called to it by its peculiar smell, I have chosen to 
designate it by the above name. I possess native specimens 
of the same from Jamaica. | 
8. P. sulcata, Hort. Berol. 
_ Oss. My first knowledge of this species was on receiving, in 
1836, from Mr. Otto of Berlin, a dried specimen bearing the 
above name, and in 1841 we received a living plant from the 
same source. I do not find it noticed in Link’s ‘ Enumeration 
of the Ferns of the Berlin Garden’. It is so much like the pre- 
ceding that I hesitated whether it was truly distinct; its chief 
difference is in the smaller size, and in being quite destitute of 
the smell that so readily distinguishes P. felosma, and as the 
differences are constant under cultivation, I am, induced to look 
upon them as two distinct species. os 
