576 ROBINSON: PTERIDOPHYTA OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 
of unconnected veins; indusium formed by the reflexed margin of 
the leaf. 
Type species: Pieris atropurpurea L. 
PELLAEA TERNIFOLIA (Cav.) Link, Fil. Sp. 59. 1841 
Pteris ternifolia Cav. Desc. Pl. Dem. 266. 1802. 
Pteris peruviana Poir. in Lam. Encyc. 5: 718. 1804. (Reduced 
to synonym in supplement.) 
Pieris subverticillata Sw. Syn. Fil. 103. 1806. 
Allosorus ternifolius Kunze; Klotzsch, Linnaea 20: 339. 1847. 
?Pellaea Weddelliana Fée, Mém. Foug. 8: 4. 1857. 
Cheilanthes ternifolia Moore, Ind. Fil. 255. 1861. 
Nothochlaena ternifolia Keyserl. Polyp. Cyath. Herb. Bung. 30. 
1873. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Peru. 
DISTRIBUTION: At elevations of 1,500 m. in dry exposed places 
in the mountains, Chile to Texas; Hawaiian Islands. 
ItLustraTions: Hook. & Grev. Ic. Fil. 2: pl. 126. 1829; 
Lowe, Ferns Brit. & Exot. 3: pl. 24b. 1857. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Hawaii, Lichtenthaler N; Mann & 
Brigham 262 N; Safford 884 N; Wilkes Expedition N; Maui, 
Bailey C; Robinson 312 V; Kauai, Wilkes Expedition C, N; 
Hawaiian Islands, Baldwin 15 C, N; Lindley C; Moore C; Remy 4° 
C; Miss Sessions C; ex herb. Kew Gardens C. 
5. DORYOPTERIS J.Sm. Jour. Bot. Hook. 3: 404. 1841 
Rootstock short, erect; leaves cespitose, palmate or pedate, 
coriaceous; petiole black, polished; veins free or anastomosing, 
indistinct; sori marginal; indusium usually revolute with age. 
Type species: Pteris hastata Raddi. 
Leaf blades broadly deltoid; ultimate segments lanceolate. D. decipiens. 
Leaf blades ovate-cordate; ultimate segments linear. D. decora. _ 
DoryorTerIs DECIPIENS (Hook.) J. Sm. Hist. Fil. 289- 1875 
Pteris pedata Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. 107. 1832. Not Willd. 
Doryopteris pedata Brack. Fil. U.S. Expl. Exp. 403. 1854- 
Pteris decipiens Hook. Sp. Fil. 2: 209. 1858. 
Litobrochia decipiens Moore, Ind. Fil. 342. 1862. 
