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Transactions. 



(6.) Pteris Kingiana Encll., No. 40. 



" Pteris Kingiana, frondis coriacea 3-partitae ramis pinnatis pinnis 

 pinnatifidis glaberrimis, laciniis lineari-subfalcatis acutiuscalis [integer- 



nmis. 



There is not very much in this diagnosis to separate the ^plant from 

 P. Baueriana. P. Baueriana is said to be bipinnate ; but both forms 



Fig. 1. — Pteris Kingiana Endl. 

 A fertile pinna (| natural size), with an enlarged fertile pinnule, a. 



I have are bipinnate only at the base, and tripartite generally ; and the 

 distinction in this case seems to me to be one that is unimportant, de- 

 pending a good deal upon the luxuriance of growth. However, the two 

 species, if I understand them rightly, are easily separated by the shape of 

 the frond and of the pinnules, and by the consistency of the frond, colour 



