DORYOPTERIS. 97 



GENUS V. 



DORYOPTERIS. J. Smith. 



A charming little genus, in which are included, according 

 to Fee in his "Genres de la famille des Polypodiacees," the 

 following : — 



1. — Wallichii, J. Smith. 



&. — Sagittcefolia, J. Smith, (Pteris of Raddi.) 



S. — Hastata, J. Smith, {Pteris of Raddi.) 



4. — Pedata, Fee, {Pteris of Linnaeus, Litobrochia of Presl, 

 Pteris palmata of Willdenow and Plumier, and Pteris pedata 

 of Willdenow and Plumier.) 



5. — Trifoliata, Fee, {Pteris of Bory.) 



6. — Paddiana, Fee, {Pteris pedata, var. Raddi.) 



7. — Prcealta, Fee. 



8. — Articulata, Fee, {Pteris of Kaulfuss.) 



Of these only four appear to be cultivated in Great Britain, 

 and each is as handsome as it is possible for a Fern to be, 

 in short, they are little gems. 



Mr. Smith, in his "Genera of Ferns," gives the following: — 



1. — Sagittifolia, Raddi. 



2. — Hastata, Raddi. 



3. — Palmata, Willdenow. 



4. — Wallichii, J. Smith. 



5. — Varians, Raddi. 



6. — Collina, Raddi. 



7. — Cordifolia, J. Smith. 



Of these Nos. 1, 3, and 6 were in cultivation in Great 

 Britain, however in Mr. Smith's new Catalogue of the Ferns 

 in the Royal Gardens, Kew, he has now excluded D. collina. 



A Fern which I have lately received from the continent, 

 under the name of Anemia fraxinifolia, will, I have very little 

 hesitation in saying, turn out to be the Doryoptcris collina; it 

 differs considerably from D. pedata ; in the former the fronds 

 are palmate, whilst in the latter they are digitately palmate. 



The fronds are either simple, cordate, lobed, or digitately 

 palmate, glabrous and coriaceous. Stipes and costa ebeneous. 

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