Portion of mature Frond — upper side. 



DORYOPTERIS PEDATA. 



Fee. J. Smith. 



PLATE XXXV. VOL. III. 



Pteris pedata, Link^us. Willdenow. Schkuhb. Link. 



Raddi, peobably of Plumieb, Kaulfuss, 



AND IjANGSDOBFF. 



" digitato-partita, Willdenow. 

 " chenopora, Willdenow. 



Litobrochia pedata, Peesl. 



Doryopteris — Spear-leaved Fern. 



Peda ta — Pedate. 



A dwarf handsome Fern, less than Doryopteris palmata, and 

 yet very much resembling that species, although not so much 

 divided on the frond. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of the West Indies and Brazil. 



The fronds, when mature, measuring about five inches in ex- 

 pansion either way, ternate, parted to the base, the three branches 

 springing from the top of the stipes; the lateral ones two -parted 

 nearly to the base; both segments deorsely lobed, the upper 

 also slightly lobed on the anterior side, the lobes variable in 

 size and number, the intermediate branch being cuncate at the 



