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Agardh, who drew up his notes from specimens in the Paris Herbarium. Bhime 

 says of it, " Near Pt. serrulata, Linn., but distinct in the pinna; not I)eing sharply 

 serrated :" and Agardh observes, " Between Pt. scabripes " (which I consider 

 identical with PL Cretica, and Pt. sorrtdata, L.), " but differs from the former 

 in the more numerous and decurrent pinna;, and from the latter in the breadth 

 of the pinnae." — It is probably some large state of Pt. Cretica with decurrent 

 pinna;, or of Pt. mnbrosa. 



9. Pt. (Eupteris) aspera, Fee ; " fronds oval-lanceolate 

 multifrondulate, stipes spinescent squamose fulvous, fron- 

 dules narrow sessile auriculate opposite at the base above 

 alternate, margins convolute glabrous linear very long-acu- 

 minated, mesoneure robust, sporothecia continuous, indu- 

 sium narrow often elegantly crenulated, receptacle slender 

 linear, sporangia ovoid, annulus 18-articulate, spores trigo- 

 nous blackish." — Fee, Gen. Fil. p. 126 {not Lam.). 



Hab. Isle of Bourbon (Montbrison). — "Tall, flexible; pinnules 40-jugate." 

 " Longueur totale 78-80 centim. Les pinnules centrales out environ 10-12 cen- 

 tim. de long sur 4 millim. de large ; les entre-nceuds laissent entre eux un inter- 

 valle de 9-12 millim." — I am unacquainted with this, and dare not venture to 

 offer an opinion respecting its affinities. It is probably nearly allied to a simply 

 pinnated form of Pt. Cretica, inasmuch as the author places it between Pt. steno- 

 phylla, Hook, and Gr. {Pt. Cretica, var.), and Pt. pellucida, Presl, Cum. Philipp. 

 n. 85. 



10. Pt. (Eupteris) crenata, Sw. ; 1^-2 feet and more high, 

 caudex creeping scaly with long subulate rigid curved scales, 

 fronds 6-8 inches to a foot and more long ovate or (fertile) 

 lanceolate submembranaceous firm bipinnate, terminal pinna 

 much elongated often exceedingly long and caudate generally 

 auriculate on each side at the base, sterile pinnules oblong or 

 obovate obtuse half an inch long coarsely serrated sessile 

 very often confluent and more or less decurrent sharply ser- 

 rated, veinlets simple or forked thickened at the apex, fertile 

 pinnules linear more or less elongated often much acuminated 

 serrated at the sterile apex, involucre intramarginal occupy- 

 ing nearly the whole length of the pinnules, stipites slender 

 smooth stramineous short in the sterile fronds much elon- 

 gated. (Tab. CXXVII. A.)—Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 96 et 290. 

 JVilld. Sp. PL p. 373. Br. Prodr. p. 154. Ag. Sp. Pterid. 



p. 14. Pt. ensiformis. Wall. Cat. n. 2481, and Pt. multiden- 

 tata, n. 2681. Pt. caudata, Loureiro, Cochin, p. 835. Pt. 

 heterodactyla, " Reinw." J. Sm. in Hook. Journ. of Bot. iii. 

 p. 405, name only. Burm. Zeyl. t. 87. 



Hab. E. Indies, Tranqiiebar; Malabar coast, Dr. Wight, n. 82. Gualpara, 

 Madras, Sylhet, Dr. Wallich ; Khasia, and Terrya Ghat, below Darjeeling, Hooker 

 and Thomson; Bootan, Booth. Assam, Griffith. Ceylon, abundant. China: 



