Pteris 



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Pteris 



PTERIS CUETICA NOBILIS (see p. 244). 



quadriaurita, 6" to 36" 

 long, 4" to 12" broad, 

 bipiimate, lower pinna- 

 forked, st. 



argynea, fronds with 

 central wh. band. 



rubricaulis, stipes red. 

 fronds bright claret 

 when young, difficult 

 to grow. 



siigittifolia, 4" to 6" 

 lung, 2" to 3" broad, 

 arrowhead shaped, 

 leathery, st. , deep gru. 

 (//. Doryopteris sagit- 

 tifolia). 



scaberula, 1'to H'long, 6" 

 to 9" broad, tripiuuate 

 or quadripiuuate, 

 leathery, grh. , pale gru. 



serrulata, 9" to 18" long, 

 6" to 9" broad, bipin- 

 natifid, warm grh. or 

 intermediate, pale gru., 

 leathery. Some vars. 

 approach closely to 

 cretica. Spider Fern. 



angustata, pinute and 

 pinnules narrower, tips 

 tasselled. 



applebyana, pinnules 

 long, tips tasselled. 



cristata, crested fronds 

 (KIT p. 246). Deusa 

 compacta and major 

 are sub-vars. 



- grac'ilis, pinnfc very 

 narrow. Multiceps fs 

 a sub-var. witli crested 

 tips ; habit drooping. 



Leyi, piunules reduced 

 to midribs. 



- Ouvrardii, 1' to H' 

 long, upright, inter- 

 mediate between ser- 

 rulata and umbrosa 

 (/. cretica major of 

 gardens). 



plumosa, heavily tas- 

 selled. 



- polydactyla. tips of 

 ]>innules much forked. 



tenuifolia, fronds like 

 gracilis, but erect. 



tremula, 2' to 4' long, 6" 

 to 24" broad, finely cut, 

 soft, papery, grh. , 

 bright grn. ; a good 

 window Fern. Austra- 

 lian Bracken. 



elegans, smaller than 

 species, apices of fronds 

 forked. 



flaccida, grn. ; pinnules 

 narrow. 



foliosa, broader, pale 

 grn. 



grandiceps, tasselled. 



- uivalis, fronds wh., 

 grn., rare. 



smithiaua, plants 2' to 

 2V. heavily tasselled, 

 stiff, erect, grh. 



variegata, gru., wh., 

 central baud. 



umbrosa, 1' to 2' long, 

 6" to 12" broad, bipin- 

 natisect, leathery, 



drooping, grh. 



cristata, a crested var. 



Other Species and Varieties : 



albo-lineata (see cretica 



var.). 

 argyrsea (see quadriaurita 



var.). 



collina (sccpalmata var.). 

 comans, 2' to 3' long, 1' 



to li' broad, bipinnate, 



soft, papery, st. 



densa, more spreading 



fronds. 



crassipes (see gigantea). 

 crenata (see ensiformis). 

 crispa of gardens (see 



straminea). 

 Currori, 3' to 4' long, 2' 



broad, pinnse deeply 



cut, soft, papery, st. 



decussata (we patens). 



deflexa, 2' to 4' long, 

 pinna? 1' long, deeply 

 cut, leathery, st. 



denticulata, 12" to 24" 

 long, 8" to 12" broad, 

 liipiiiuatifid, leathery, 

 st. (syn. Litobrochia 

 deuticulata). 



data, fronda several feet 

 long, leathery, st. (njii. 

 Litobrochia elata). 



esculenta (see aquilina 

 var.). 



geraniifolia of gardens 

 (see PelHea gerauiif olia) . 



Ghiesbreghtii (see lacini- 

 ata var.) 



gigantea, 2' to 3' long, 

 tripartite, stipes 2' to 3' 

 high, st., fronds much 

 cut, leathery (*//*. 

 crassipes and Lito- 

 brochia gigautea). 



glauca (see Peltea 

 glauca). 



gracilis (see Peltea 

 gracilis). 



grandifolia, 1' to 2' long, 

 pinnate, leathery, st. 

 (mjn. Litobrochia 



grandifolia). 



hastata (see Peltea has- 

 tata). 



hookeriana, 9" to 12" 

 long, 6" to 9" broad, 

 pinnate, lowest pinna! 

 forked, leathery, st. 



incisa, fronds several feet 

 long, bipinnate or tri- 

 pinnate, glaucous, grh. , 

 a strong grower (st/n. 

 Litobrochia vespertili- 

 onis). 



aurita, bottom pinna! 

 entire. 



intramargiualis of gar- 

 dens (now Peltea intra- 

 marginalis). 



laciuiata, 1' to 2' long, 

 deltoid, tripiunatifid, 

 soft, papery, hairy, st 

 (syn. Lonchitis hirsuta 

 of gardens). 



Ghiesbreghtii, less 

 hairy (*//". Lonchitis 

 Ghiesbreghtii of Lin- 

 den). 



niilneaua, 2' to 3' long, 

 st.; resembles quadri- 

 aurita, but soft ano 

 papery. 



moluccaua, 2' to 3' long, 

 pendulous, pinnate, 

 leathery, st., bright 

 grn.; a strong grower. 



mutilata, 6" each way, 

 deltoid, bipiniiiititid, 

 st., segments of fertile 

 fronds very narrow. 



conciuna, more deeply 

 cut. 



uemoralis of gardens 

 (webiaurita). 



paleacea, 1' to 1J' each 

 way, pinnate, lowest 

 piunules lobed, st. 



podophylla, 4', tripin- 

 nate, very thick, st., 

 strong grower (//. 

 Litobrochia podo- 



phylla) . 



pungens, close to quadri- 

 aurita, prickly stalks. 



semipinuata, 12" to 18" 

 long, 6" to 9" broad, 

 pinnate, lower pinmw 

 pinnatisect on one side, 

 grh. 



Bausei, 1' long, tufted, 

 bipinnate and pinnate, 

 warm grh. 



PTEBIS LONOIFOLIA (see p. 244). 



