Pinna of mature Frond— under side. 



PTEEIS SULCATA. 



Link. J. Smith. Moore and Houlston. Meyer. 



KUNZE. 



PLATE V. VOL. IV. 



Pteris nemoraliSf 



Link, (not of Willdenow.) 



Pteris — Brake. 



Sulcata — Furrowed. 



This species closely resembles Pteris felosma in appearance, 

 yet is always more dwarf, and is destitute of the strong odour 

 which is a character so marked in P. felosma. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of Jamaica and Brazil. 



Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 184L 



The fronds, which are glabrous, are triangularly-elongate in 

 form, pinnate, the pinnae being linear-lanceolate, petiolulate, 

 and profoundly pinnatifid. Apex entire and caudate. The 

 basal pinnae bipartite. Segments linear, entire, obtuse, and 

 sub-falcate. The upper side of the costa spinulose. 



Stipes eighteen inches in length; base scaly and terminal, 

 being adherent to an erect fasciculate rhizoma. 



Length of frond three feet; colour deep green. 

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