1900 SUPPLEMENT—RECENT INTRODUCTIONS, &C, 625 
Pteris—continwed. Pteris—continued. 
P. Duvali (Duval’s). A garden hybrid between P. palimata and two or four lanceolate pinnules on their lower side, and all 
P. sagittifolia. 1897. SyYN. Doryopteris Duvali (R. H. 1897, of them having a broad band of white in the centre. sori in 
p. 563, f. 168). @ continuous line from base to apex. Southern Brazil. A 
very handsome species, SyNs. P. elegans, Doryopteris nobilis, 
Litobrochia elegans. 
Ley teh (Duval's).* A variety with stout, palmate fronds. 
P. elegans (elegant). A garden name for P. nobilis. 
P. ensiformis Victoriz (Victoria’s). barren fronds small, 
rostrate. fertile fronds upright, abundant, lift. to 1sft. 
ong; pinne about fin. broad, beautifully variegated through- 
out. SYN. P. e. variegata. There are two other forms— P. n. variegata (variegated).* A handsome and robust form, 
cristata, with beautifully variegated and crested fronds ; and well marked with silver. 1894. 
regine, having the variegation in narrower stripes than in | Pp, nobilis (of gardens). A synonym of P. palmata. 
Vector and more wgorous in} growth. P. Ouvrardi (Ouvrard’s). A form intermediate between 
P. flabellata ascensionis (Ascension Island). A variety of Pucratiinrand paainbrosds) Ae beautiful Kern: 
smaller dimensions than the type, its lower leaflets some- a s oe =a 2 
times showing several small, compound leaflets on each side. P. reginz (Queen’s). A garden form of P. ensiformis. 
1865. P. Rochfordi (Rochford’s). A form of P. serrulata. 
P. gigantea (gigantic). sti. stout, erect, naked, 2ft. to 3ft. P. semipinnata Bausei (Bause’s).* sti. deep chestnut-brown. 
long. fronds coriaceous, tripartite ; terminal pinna lft. long, fronds densely tufted, erect, 12in. to 1éin. high; pinne about 
3in. broad, cut down to a_ broadly-winged rachis into 2in. long, the lowermost bipinnate, consisting of four to six 
numerous narrow, faleate lobes, which are slightly toothed broadly linear, deep green pinnules, 1886. A useful, decorative, 
when barren ; lateral ones numerous, often 1ft. long and 4in. garden Fern, of very compact habit. 
broad; pinnules nearly 2in. long. sori falling short of the tips P. serrulata Boultoni (Boulton’s). jronds long, with narrow, 
of the segments. West Indies, &. Syns. P. crassipes, Lito- waved, crimped pinne. 1896, A stiff-growing variety. 
brochial gigantea. . P. s. Cowani (Cowan's). sti. branched, /ronds broad-ended, 
P. glaucovirens (glaucous-green). A synonym of P. quadri- with crested pinne. 1883, 
aurita. 
P. s. cristata. This variety is very variable. The usual form 
is of upright habit, but many seedlings are more or less 
drooping. The varieties compacta and densa only differ from 
this in their close, dense habit and dwarf stature. 
P, s. c. gigantea (gigantic). A very large form, probably of 
garden origin. 1893. 
P. s. c. lacerata (torn). fronds Yin. to 12in. long, slender, the 
margins serrulate; each pinna divided into a tassel-like or 
corymbose, drooping bunch of lacerated segments. 1882. nana 
is a dwarf form. 
P. s. gloriosa (glorious). /ronds having each pinna many 
ole times divided at its summit, and each division terminating in 
EEE a deeply-cut, fan-shaped crest. Habit pendulous. 
Y EZ 
, 
- 
2S 
SSS 
9 SLL Eee 
4 ¥ 4 P.s. gracilis (slender). fronds narrow, densely produced, of a 
i s pleasing green; pinne very narrow. 1892. A delicate and 
iW graceful variety. In the form multiceps the fronds are crested. 
Fic, 641, FROND OF PTERIS GRIFFITHII. 
P. Griffithii (Griffith’s). sti. erect, wiry, 6in. to 8in. long. 
Jronds somewhat coriaceous, broadly lanceolate, 6in. to 8in. 
long; upper lateral pinne simple, about jin. apart; lower 
ones 2in. to din. apart, divided to the midrib, their lowest 
innules often again divided. sori covered by a narrow 
ae. Northern India. See Fig. 641. (H. 8. F. ii, p. 170, 
,. AL 
P. internata (grown between). fronds, outer ones ovate, tri- 
pinnate; central ones longer, bipinnate. West Indies, 1880. 
Resembles P. heterophylla, of which it is perhaps a variety. 
P. latifolia (broad-fronded). A synonym of Pelle@a adiantoides. 
P. longifolia Mariesii (Mavies’).* This differs from the type 
in having shorter fronds and narrower pinnie. Penang, 1895. 
It reproduces itself true from spores. 
P. 1. nobilis (noble). fronds evergreen, 4ft. to 5ft. high ; pinne 
linear, 8in. to 10in. long; rachis pale brown. sori continuous, 
linear, marginal. South Sea Islands, 1884. 
P. ludens (sportive).* rhiz. wide-creeping. fronds dimorphous ; 
barren ones on slender, black stipes Sin. to 4in. long, varying 
from triangular with two slightly-deflexed basal lobes to 
hastate, with entire margins; fertile ones on stipes often lft. 
long, 4in. to 6in. each way, cut into five narrow-lanceolate Fic. 642. PTERIS LUDENS. 
lobes, all or some of which (except the terminal one) are 
sometimes again forked. sovi in a continuous line round the 
margin. Malaya and the Philippine Islands. See Fig. 642. P. s. Leyii (Ley’s). A curious, depauperate form, with the 
Syn. Doryopteris ludens. A remarkable species. pinne elongated by long, filiform extensions of their midribs. 
P. nobilis (noble).* sti. naked, wiry, lft. or more in length. 1876. , 
fronds very coriaceous ; first-produced one cordate; later ones P. s. pendula (pendulous). fronds so densely crested at the 
hastate and finally somewhat palmate, with the terminal and apex as to cause them to assume a pendulous position, the 
upper lateral pinnie entire, the lower lateral ones divided into. tassel of a paler green than the rest. 1891. 
Vol. V. 4L 
