156 31. PTERIS, EUPTERIS. 



11. P. distans, J. Sm. ; st. about 6 in. 1., slender, -erect, naked, pale ; fr. 

 about 1 ft. I., 4-6 in. br., terminated by a pinna with a long, narrow, sharply 

 serrated linear apex, below which are 12 to 20 pairs of closely-placed short 

 lobes \ in. or less 1., in. br., the lower two-thirds of the frond with 6 to 9 

 opposite pairs of distantly-placed pinnae with a long linear point, and at the 

 base a few spreading pinnules ; rachis scabrous ; texture coriaceous ; veins con- 

 spicuous, simple or once-forked, about 1 lin. apart at the base ; the ^barren lobes 

 sharply and finely spinuloso-serrated ; invol. membranous. Hk. Sp. 2. p. 169. 

 t. 124/B. 



Hab. Luzon, Philippine Islands ; gathered by Mr. Cuming. 



*** Pinnatce. Lowest pinnce simply pinnate. Sp. 12-18. 



12. P. heteromorpha, Fe'e ; st. 6-12 in. 1., naked, erect, pale ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., 

 6-9 in. br., ovate-lanceolate, with the apex of the long terminal point entire, 

 but the lower half sinuated and furnished with a few short linear lobes ; pinna; 

 in several opposite pairs, the lowest of which are 3-4 in. apart, the upper ones 

 entire or slightly compound at the base, the lowest pair cut down nearly to the 

 rachis with several spreading linear pinnules on each side, 1 in. or more 1., f in. 

 br. ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and both surfaces naked, the margins slightly 

 crisped ; veins conspicuous, usually once forked, their bases about 1 lin. apart ; 

 invol. narrow, membranous. Hk. Sp. 2. p. 166. 1. 127. U. 



Hab. Philippine Islands ; gathered by Mr. Cuming. Probably a mere abnormal form 

 of quadriaurita. 



13. P. GriffitMi, Hk. ; st 6-8 in. 1., slender, erect, wiry, naked, straw 

 coloured; fr. 6-8 in. 1., 2-3 in. br., ovate-lanceolate, the terminal pinna linear 

 entire, about 2 in. 1., in. br. ; upper lateral ones simple, not more than J in 

 apart, and the base decurrent down to the next, the lower ones lanceolate-deltoid 

 with a linear entire point and several short erecto-patent linear entire pinnl. 01 

 each side ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and both surfaces naked ; veins obscure 

 about in. apart at the base, usually once forked ; invol. narrow, mem 

 branous. Hk. Sp. 2. p. 170. t. 123. A. 



Hab. Mishmee, N. Hindostan ; gathered by Griffith. 



14. P. madagascarica, Ag. ; fr. ample, bipinnate ; terminal pinna linear, tl. 

 upper lateral ones small, linear, sessile, those next in order larger and stalked 

 the lower ones 2 in. apart at the base, deflexed, oblong-lanceolate, about 6 in. 1 

 4 in. br., with an entire terminal lobe and several stalked lateral pinnl. on eacl 

 side, which are about 2 in. 1., 2 lin. br., deeply serrated towards the point, 

 and spreading from the scabrous rachis at right angles ; texture coriaceous 

 veins conspicuous, about 1 lin. apart at the base and usually once forked 

 near the base; invol. narrow, firm. Hk.Sp.Z.p. 171. t. 122. A. P. subserrata, 

 Bojer. 



Hab. Madagascar ; gathered by M. Bojer. 



15. P. mutilata, Linn. ; st. slender, erect, naked, polished, straw-coloured or 

 bright-brown, those of the fertile frond the largest (9-12 in.) and strongest; 

 fr. about 6 in. each way, deltoid, with a linear entire point, several entire pinnce, 

 but the lowest pair lanceolate-deltoid, 4-6 in. 1., 3-4 in. br., with several linear, 

 erecto-patent pinnules on each side, the divisions of the barren frond shorter and 

 broader than those of the fertile one, not serrated, but mucronate at the point, 

 and furnished with a crisped white cartilaginous border ; rachis and both 

 surfaces naked and shining ; veins about 1 lin. apart at the base, simple or once 

 forked ; invol. narrow, membranous. Hk. Sp. 2. p. 164. t. 131. A. 



Hab. West-Indian Islands. P. concinna, Heward, is a more compound form than usual. 



