Portion of mature Frond— under side. 



PTEEIS HIRSUTA. 



J. Smith. Moore and Houlston. 



PLATE IV. VOL. IV. 



Pteris laciniata. 



Lonchitis hirsuta, 



WiLLDENOW. PrESL. 



J. Smith. Fee. Sprengel. 



LiNNJEUS. PlUMIER. 



Pteris — Brake. 



Hirsuta — Hairy. 



An interesting and very distinct species, having membranous 

 fragile fronds. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of Jamaica and the West Indies. 



The form of the frond is triangularly-elongate, bipinnate, or 

 sub-bipinnate, and exceedingly hirsute. Pinnae linear-lanceolate, 

 opposite, pinnatifid, and in some degree drooping. Rachis 

 winged. Pinnules linear-oblong, acuminate, and pinnatifid; 

 segments oblong-obtuse, alternate, and somewhat falcate; apex 

 rounded. Veins forked. 



Sori linear, continuous, and intra-marginal. Indusium sinuous 

 and fringed. 



Stipes lateral, thick, succulent, and adherent to a stout 

 creeping rhizoma. 



