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THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Peliosanthes—continued. 
in simple spikes or racemes, furnished with scarious 
bracts; perianth tube short above the ovary, broadly 
campanulate ; limb rotate-spreading, of six broad, obtuse, 
sub-equal lobes; stamens six. Leaves radical, long- 
stalked, lanceolate or rather broad, acuminate at both 
ends, with elevated, sub-plicate veins; petioles sheathing 
at base. The species require a compost of loam, peat, 
and sand; they may be freely increased by suckers. 
The only two introduced to cultivation are described 
below. 
P. humilis (humble). fl. greenish, in a rather dense raceme, 2in. 
to 6in. long ; perianth segments thrice as long as the tube ; scape 
2in. to 6in. long. May. (. four to eight in a rosette, lanceolate, 
Sin. to 6in. long, lin. to 2in. broad; petioles bin, to Qin. long. 
Eastern Himalayas, 1809. (A. B. R. 634; B. M. 1582.) 
P. Teta (Teta). „. greenish, in a loose raceme, Ein. to din. 
long; scape Ain. to bin. long. April. J. two to seven in a 
rosette, chartaceous, oblanceolate, nearly lft. long, lżin. to Hy 
; petioles 6in. to 8in. long. Eastern Himalayas, 1807. 
(A. B. 605; B. M. 1302.) 
PELLZEA (from pellos, dark-coloured; referring to 
the dusky colour of the fronds). Cliff Brake Fern. In- 
cluding Allosorus, Cheiloplecton, Holcochlena, and Platy- 
loma. ORD. Filices. A widely-distributed genus, com- 
prising about sixty species of stove and greenhouse ferns, 
with the habit of Cheilanthes. Sori intramarginal, ter- 
minal on the veins, at first dot-like or decurrent on the 
veins, but soon running into a line; involucre formed of 
the more or less changed edge of the frond, quite con- 
tinuous, sometimes very narrow. For culture, &c., see 
Ferns. 
P. andromedfolia (Andromeda-leaved).* sti, 6in. to gin. long, 
densely reddish-brown, scaly at base. /ronds 6in. to 12in. long, 
3in. to 6in, broad, ovate, tri- or quadri-pinnate; pinnæ rigi 
erecto-patent, deltoid-lanceolate, the lowest with several linear- 
oblong pinnules, the lower segments of which are sometimes 
slightly branched ; ultimate divisions about zin. long, blunt, with 
inrolled edges. Involucre wrinkled, scarcely changed from the 
` substance of the frond, and sometimes nearly meeting edge to 
edge. America and Cape Colony. Greenhouse. 
WV 
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FIG. 70. PELLZA BRACHYPTERA. 
5 olia cuneata (narrow-leaved, wedge-shaped). 
sti. 6in. to 12in. long, tufted, strong, erect, dark chestnut-brown. 
fronds bin. to 12in. long, Sin. to 6in. broad, oblong-deltoid, quadri- 
pinnatifid ; pinnz 2in. to Ain. long, lanceolate-deltoid; pinnules 
cut down to the rachis into oblong, acute segments, ‘which are 
jin. long, gin. broad, cuneate at the base. Involucres broad, mem- 
branous, rolled over the sori. Mexico to Venezuela. Stove. (The 
type is figured in H. S. F. 119B, under name of P. decomposita.) 
. atropurpurea (dark purple).* sti. 3in. to din. long, tufted, 
rigid, tomentose. jronds din. to 12in. long, 2in. to Ein. broad, 
m da J from lanceolate, and simply pinnate, to ovate-lanceolate, 
with deltoid pinnz, which are 2in. to Sin, long, with several 
innules on each side, the latter nearly sessile, lin. to 2in. long, 
‘dly jin. broad, entire or sharply auricled at one or both sides 
at the base ; rachis tomentose. Involucres formed of the slightly 
altered, incurved edge of the pinnules, at length nearly hidden 
25 the broad line of the fruit. North America, &c., 1770. Green- 
ouse. 
P. bella (handsome). sti. Sin. long, ebeneous. fronds bin. to 6in, 
long, linear, bipinnate or sub-tripinnate ; pinn in. to gin. long, 
numerous, ovate, sessile ; pinnules zin. long, linear-oblong, four 
2 
to six jugate, mucronate, rounded at base, the lowest sometimes 
Pellea—continued. 
bi- or ternate, the edges strongly revolute. California, 1873. 
Greenhouse. 
P. tera (shortly-winged).* rhiz. short-creeping, scaly 
towards the end. sti. 4in. to 6in. long, castaneous. fronds din. 
to Ein. long, lanceolate, bipinnate; pinnæ very short, sessile, 
semicircular, erecto-patent, the lower ones consisting of seven to 
nine narrow-linear pinnules, zin. to Zin. long, with mucronate 
tips, rounded bases, and revolute edges. Calitornia, 1873. Green- 
house. This is regarded by some authorities as a variety of 
P. ornithopus. See Fig. 70, for which we are indebted to Messrs. 
W. and J. Birkenhead. 
P. Breweri (Brewer's). sti. 2in. to Sin. long, tufted, flaccid, 
bright chestnut-brown, slightly scaly. fronds Sin. to din. long, 
lin. to l}in. broad, linear-lanceolate ; pinnz twelve to eighteen 
on each side, slightly stalked, broader in the barren than in the 
fertile frond, varying from lanceolate-oblong and entire to auricled 
at one or both sides at the base, or cut down nearly to the rachis 
in the lower part into oblong lobes. Involucres similar in colour 
and texture to the frond, broad, and much wrinkled. Cape 
Colony. Greenhouse. 
P. (Bridges’).* sti. wiry, erect, 2in. to 4in. long, bright 
chestnut-brown. fronds din. to bin. ‘long, lin. or less broad, 
linear, simply pinnate ; pinnæ six to eight on each side, sessile, 
oblong, entire, obtuse, cordate or rounded at base. sort in a 
broad, marginal line, with the much-wrinkled, membranous edge 
of the frond protruding beyond it till full maturity. California, 
1875. Greenhouse. (H. S. F. 142s.) 
P. Brownii (Brown’s). A synonym of P. paradoxa. 
P. calomelanos (beautiful-dark). sti. Ain. to Gin. long, strong, 
erect, dark brown. fronds Ain. to 8in. long, Sin. to 6in. broad, 
sub-deltoid, bi- or tripinnate; lower pinnæ rigid, spreading or 
erecto-patent, linear-oblong, and simply pinnate or deltoid and 
bipinnate ; ultimate segments on rigid, black stalks, the lateral 
ones zin. to Zin. each way, varying in shape from cordate-oblong- 
obtuse to hastate-triangular, about as broad as long, the two 
sides at the base often unequal. sori in a broad, marginal line, 
soon hiding the narrow, membranous involucre. South Africa, 
1830. Greenhouse. Syn. Pteris hastata, (B. M. 4769, under 
name of Allosorus calomelanos.) 
P. consobrina (related). sti. 6in. to 12in. long, strong, 
erect, dark brown. fronds 6in. to 12in. long, 4in. to Yin. broad, 
deltoid, tri- or quadripinnatifid ; lowest pinne deltoid, with the 
pinnules of the lower side larger than the others, these latter 
usually cut down into several lanceolate or deltoid, pinnati 
segments; simple ultimate divisions linear-oblong. sort in a 
continuous line along the margins ; involucres moderately broad, 
membranous, the edge of the segments often 
inrolled. South Africa, &c. Greenhouse. 
(H. S. F. 1174.) 
P. cordata (heart-shaped).* sti. 6in. to din. 
—2 strong, erect, straw-coloured, when young 
y beneath. fronds lft. or more long, Jin. 
to bin. broad, deltoid-lanceolate ; pi 
both sur- 
sori in broad, marginal lines, 
4698, under 
name of Allosorus cordatus.) P. sagittata is 
P. c. flexuosa (zigzag). A variety with zigzag 
rachises, the pinnæ and pinnules spreading 
right angles, or even deflexed. 1838. Stove. 
Syn. P. flexuosa. (B. M. 4762, under name of 
Allosorus flexuosus.) 
P. crispa (curled). A synonym of Cryptogramme 
crispa 
P. densa (dense). sti. 4in. to 6in. long, tufted, slender, wiry, 
chestnut-brown. fronds 2in. to Sin. long, lin. to lsin. broad 
oblong-deltoid, tripinnate ; pinnz and pinnules crowded, deltoid 
or lanceolate ; segments numerous, linear, with inrolled edges, 
sessile or shortly stalked, sharp-pointed or mucronate, the ter- 
minal ones largest, sometimes Ain. long. Involucres broad, rigid, 
ary F. E253 over the sori. North America. Gr ouse. 
. S. F. 125p, 
P. falcata (sickle-shaped).* rhiz. wide-creepi sti. Zin. to 6in. 
long, strong, erect, pubescent and abe. ones Ein. to 18in. 
long, lin. to 2in. broad, linear-oblong, simply pinnate ; pinne ten 
to twenty on each side, lanceolate or lanceolate-oblong, sin. to 
lin. long, usually mucronate, often slightly falcate, cuneate or 
dilated and cordate at base; rachis densely scaly and tomentose. 
sori in broad, W lines, soon hiding the narrow involucres. 
Australia, &c., 1823. Greenhouse. (H. S. F. 11B.) 
P. flexuosa (zigzag). A synonym of P. cordata flexuosa. 
P. geranizfolia (Geranium-leaved).* sti. 6in. to gin. long, erect, 
wiry, brownish-black, slightly scaly towards the base. fronds 
2in. to din. each way, deltoid, cut nearly to the rachis into three 
or four pinnæ on each side, of which the lowest pair is much the 
