Portion of Pinna of mature Frond — imder side. 



PTEEIS FELOSMA. 



J. Smith. Mooue and Houlston. 



PLATE II. VOL. IV. 



JPteris — Brake . 



Felosma — Heavy swelling. 



A PLEASING large-growing species; easily cultivated. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Introduced into England in 1822. 



Native of Jamaica. 



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

 glabrous and pinnate, the pinnae being linear-lanceolate in form, 

 profoundly pinnatifid, with the apex entire and caudate; petio- 

 lulate. The basal pair bipartite; segments linear, obtuse, 

 slightly falcate, and entire. Costa on the upper side spinulose. 



Stipes from one to two feet long, scaly near the base. 



Fronds terminal; rhizoma erect and fasciculate. 



Sori linear. 



Veins forked. 



Length of frond from thirty-five to fifty inches; colour a 

 dull green. 



