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opposite pairs, the lower ones stallted, eqiiallinK or exceeding the 

 terminal one and similarly pimiatipartite ; h«vest pair of pinna- 

 large, deltoid, comjiound lieliiw, with smaller, similar pinnules. 

 suri falling short of the tips of the segments. Tropical America. 

 (H. S. F. 139.) .Sy.N". Litobrochia Kunzeana. 



P. lacinlata (torn). *■(/. 1ft. or more long, stout, erect, very hairy. 

 I'mndx 2tt. to 4ft. long, 1ft. to 2ft. broad, deltoid, tripinnatilid, the 

 upper part not cut down to the rachis, with oblong, entire lobes, 

 -iin. to jin. long, iin. broad ; lower pinna- 1ft. to Uft. long, bin. to 

 Sin. broad, with numerous laiueolate pinnules on each side, which 

 are cut down to a broadly-winged racliis into lobes about iin. long 

 and iin. broad ; rachis and both surfaces hairy, sort lateral in 

 the ultimate lobes, but not reaching the apex. West Indies. 

 (U. .s. F. 132«.) /'. OUeisbref/htii is a less hairy, Mexican vai-iety. 



P.leptophylla (slender-fronded).* sti. 6in. to 9in. long, erect, firm, 

 straw-cobiured. IivihI.s 9in. to 12in. each way, deltoid ; a few of 

 the upper pinn.e simple, the largest of these under Iin. long, ^in. 

 broad, decuirent at base, strongly s])inulnse-serrate when barren ; 

 central pinn;c lanceolate, caudate, |iiiinatiHd, with numerous 

 similar pinnules; lowest pinna' deltoid, «itli pinnules often 

 2in. long, and again ]>innatitid. tiori not reaching the tips of the 

 segments. Brazil, 1824. .See Fig. 310. (H. li. F. 23.) SVN. 

 Litvbrtichia U'ptfqiliifUa. 



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pinuie 1ft. long, very compound, sort not reaching the points of 

 the segments. New Zealand. A well-marked species. !SVN. 

 Litobrochia niaciknta. 

 P. macroptera (large-winged). *f/. 1ft. or more long, naked, 

 erect, straw-coloured or brownish. I'roiuls 2ft. or more Icuig, 1ft. 

 to IJft. broad, cut nearly to the rachis in the upper part into 

 numerous linear lobes, the lowest of which are 6in. to 9in. long 

 and Jin. broad, with about Iin. between them at the base, the 

 point gradually narrowed ami very faintly toothed when ban-en ; 

 lateral pinnie few, often only a single pair, like the terminal one, 

 but smaller, .soi-i not reaching the tips of the segments. Brazil. 

 SvN. Litobrochia macroptera. 



P, Milneana (Milne's), uti. strong, erect, yellowish-brown. 

 frauds 2ft. to 3ft. long, with numerous pinna; on each side, cut 

 down throughout nearly t(j the rachis into linear-oblong, falcate 

 lobes, Ain. to 3in. long ; bnvest pinnai 6in. to 9in. long, Iin. to 

 IJin. broad, with a single similar, but smaller, pinnule at the 

 base on the lower side, i^ori falling short of the sub-entire tips. 

 Solomon Isles, 1865. SVN. J', tripartita var. (H. IS. F. 138u). 



P, moluccana (Moluccan). nfi. strong, erect, dark brown. 

 frtMiix 2ft. to 3ft. long, oblong, simply pinnate; pinna^ in 

 numerous, nearly opposite pairs, linear, cuneate at base, spinu- 



FlU. 311. PTKUIS IJUAnRlAl'RlTA ARGVR/EA. 



P. longifolia (long-fronded).* sti. bin. to 12in. hmg, stout, erect, 

 pale, scaly below, frondu 1ft. to 2ft. long, 4in. to 9in. broad, 

 oblong-lanceolate, attenuated below ; pinnw sessile, often twenty 

 to thirty on each side, 3in. to bin. long, ^in. to |in. broad, linear, 

 entire, truncate or cordate, or sometimes slightly anrided at 

 base ; rachis sometimes scaly. Involucres yellowish-brown, 

 membranous. Tropics, 1770. 



P. longipes (long-stalkeil). sti. 1ft. to 2ft. long, erect, straw- 

 coloured, frondu tripartite ; terminal pinna ab(Uit bin. long, Iin. 

 broad, with numerous erecto-patent, linear-oblong lobes, which 

 are cut nearly to the rachis ; lateral pinnie numerous on each 

 side, not more than Iin. apart, the longest simple one about bin. 

 long, the lowest conijiound, sometimes nearly as large as the 

 central portion of the frond, 1ft. long, bin. broad, sori falling 

 short of the tips of the segments. India. SYN. P. pellucatg. 



P. macilenta (thin), sti. bin. to 12in. long, straw-coloured, 

 brownish below, fronds 1ft. to 3ft. long ; terminal pinna 4in. 

 to Sin. long, cut down nearly to the rachis into several dee])]y- 

 sinuated and toothed, oblong lobes on each side ; lateral pinn.a- 

 numerous, the upper ones 2in. apart at the base, cut down 

 to the rachis below into deeply-Iobed, deltoid pinnules ; lower 



lose-serrate towards the point, the largest 1ft. to lift. long, Ain. 

 to |in. broad. Involucres narrow, membranous. Malayan and 

 Solomon Isles, 1880. (H. S. F. 112b.) 



P. mutilata (mutilated), sti. slender, erect, bright brown or 

 straw-coloured, those of the fertile frond longest (9in. to 12in.) 

 and strongest, fronds about bin. each way, deltoid, with a 

 linear, entire point, several entire pinnje, but the lowest pair 

 lanceolate-deltoid, 4in. to bin. long, 3in. to 4in. broad, with 

 several linear, erecto-patent pinnules on each side ; divisions of 

 the barren frond shorter ami broader than those of the fertile 

 one, not serrated, but mucronate at the point, and cartilaginonsly 

 bordered. Involucres narrow, membranous. West Indies. 

 (H. S. F. 131a. ) /'. cmicni Ha is, according to Mr. Baker, a more 

 compound form than usual. 



P. nemoralis (grove-loving). A form of P. biaiirita. 



P. paleacea (scaly), sti. 2ft. to 4ft. long, strong, erect, red- 

 dish-brown or straw-coloured, brown-scaly, becoming muricated. 

 fronds 1ft. or more each way ; terminal pinna bin. to &in. long, 

 IMn. broad, consisting of numerous contiguous, falcate, linear 

 lobes, Iin. or more long, blunt, not serrated ; lateral pinnae 

 similar, closely placed (not Iin. apart at base), imbricated, the 



