242 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Pteris—continued. 
lata. See Fig. 308. P. brasiliensis is a form with broader, 
more compound pinne. : 
P. elata (tall). sti. 2ft. to 3ft. long, erect, naked, straw-coloured. 
ample, tripartite; terminal pinna lft. to 14ft. long, cut 
nearly or quite to the rachis into numerous linear lobes on both 
sides, which are 3in. to Sin. long, the barren ones spinulose- 
serrate ; upper lateral pinne 6in. long, not cut to the rachis ; 
lower ones equalling the terminal one; lateral divisions of the 
frond deltoid. sori falling short of the points of the segments. 
Tropical America. Syn. Litobrochia elata. 
P. (elegant).* sti. lft. or more long. „fronds bin. to 12in. 
long, deltoid-cordate, PEARES Su cag yen ; divisions close, reaching 
nearly to the midrib ; terminal and upper lateral ones lanceolate, 
onura; lin. to Hin. broad ; lower ones with one to four lanceolate 
pinnules on the lower side, usually none from the upper. sori 
continuous from base to tip of the divisions. South Brazil, A 
common species in cultivation. SYN. Doryopteris nobilis. 
P. ensiformis (sword-shaped). sti. 3in. to 6in. long, slender, 
erect, straw-coloured. fronds 6in. to 12in. long, half as broad, 
with a ong terminal pinna and two to four pairs of lateral ones; 
those of the fertile frond slightly compound, the central portión 
2in. to 4in. long, jin. or less broad, entire ; — pinne of the 
barren frond decurrent, the lower ones sub-deltoid, cut down to 
_ the rachis below into two to six obovate-oblong, ‘gael oP nti 
innules, which are often nearly in. broad. ndia, &c. 
YN. P. crenata (H. S. F. 1274). 
P. esculenta (edible). A synonym of P. aguilina esculenta. 
P, fallax (deceptive). A synonym of Pellæa intramarginali. 
alia ptive). ynony rginalis 
P. felosma (heavy-smelling). A form of P, quadriaurita. 
P. flabellata (fan-shaped).* sti. 1ft. or more long, strong, 
erect, straw-coloured. ronds lft. to 3ft. long, 1ft. or se broad $ 
terminal pinna 6in. to 12in. long, 2in. to 3in. broad, numerously 
lobed nearly to the rachis, the lobes linear, lin. to 2in. long, 
barren ones finely serrated ; lateral pinne similar to the terminal 
one, the lowest with one to three similar, smaller pinnules from 
the base on the lower side. sori narrow, continuing along nearly 
the whole length of the segments. South Africa. This species 
is closely allied to P. arguta. 
P. Gheisbreghtii (Gheisbreght’s). A variety of P, laciniata. 
P. glauca (glaucous). A synonym of Pellæa glauca. 
P. gracilis (slender). A synonym of Pellwa gracilis. 
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P. grandifolia 
straw-coloured, c 
Pteris—continued. 
(arge-fronded). sti. 6in. to 12in. long, erect, 
lothed below with rusty-woo’ ales. fronds 
lft. to 2ft. long, simply pinnate; pinn linear, erecto-patent, 
entire, sessile or the lower ones stalked, the lower ones 6in, 
to 12in. long, hardly lin. broad. sori often continuous along the 
whole len of the pinne. Tropical America. See Fig. 309. 
(H. S. F. 113s.) Syn. Litobrochia grandifolia. The variety vittata 
has nearly free veins. : 
P. hastata (spear-shaped), of Thunberg. A synonym of Pellæa 
calomelanos. i 
P. heterophylla (variable-fronded).* sti. wiry, slender, erect, 
straw-coloured. fronds 6in. to 12in. long, 3in. to bin. broad, ovate- 
deltoid, tripinnate ; pinnz all, except two or three of the highest, 
compound, the lowest deltoid, with the pinnules again pinnatifid ; 
ultimate segments of the barren frond ovate, sharply and deepl; 
toothed, cuneate and entire at base, about pi long, țin. broa 
those of the fertile frond about gin. long, in. broad, the tip sterile 
and toothed. Involucres broad, pale, membranous. West Indies 
and Brazil, 1820. (B.M. 4925.) 
P. Hookeriana (Hookers). sti. 6in. to 12in. long, erect, pale. 
fronds Qin. to 12in. long, 6in. to 9in. broad, with a long, linear, 
entire, terminal pinna ; lateral pinne two to six pairs, sessile, 
opposite, entire, the largest about 6in. long and jin. broad, the 
lowest forked at the base. sori slightly intramarginal ; involucres 
narrow, brownish. Ceylon. 
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FIG. 310. CENTRAL PINNA OF PTERIS eC 
P. incisa (cut). Bat’s-wing Fern. sti. stout, erect, straw-coloured — 
- — rons several feet a , bi- or ere 
pinnze innate, with entire, linear x 
males the next wiht bance — ——— Zin. to ot 
long, about Zin. broad, in opposite pairs, the lowest often quite 
close to the stem, reduced in size, and their segmen ; 
lowest pinnæ often vi y large and compound, sori interrupted or 
continuous, often e points of the segments. Tropics, 
&c., 1823. Greenhouse. Syns, P. Vespertilionis, Litobrochia Ves- 
pertilionis. In the form aurita, the lowest pair of pinnules are — 
——— and closely adpressed to the stem at the base of 
si Kingiana (King’s). A variety of P. tremula. 
. unze’; i 
coloured or reddish ee ace — ghee: Si pinna It. - 
long, šin. broad, cut down two-thirds of the way to the rachis into 
numerous linear, falcate, sharp-pointed lobes, 
; — pinne in numerous, 
Fic. 309. PINNA OF PTERIS GRANDIFOLIA. 
; are slightly 
spinulose-serrate when barren — nearly 
straw- 
