Pinna of mature Frond— under side. 



PTERIS LONGIFOLIA. 



Linnjeus. Moore and Houlston. Fee. Smith. 



Kaulfuss. Willdenow. Link. 



Schkuhr. Jacquin. Agardh. Kunze. Presl. 



schott. m. s. 



PLATE XLII. VOL. III. 



Pteris vittata, 

 Filix latifolia, 

 Pteris ensifolia, 

 " costata, 



SCHKUHR, (not BOEY.) WlLLDENOW. 



Plumiee. 



SWAETZ. 



Bory. Link. 



Pteris — Brake. 



Longifolia — Long-leaved. 



The Pteris longifolia of Linnaeus is a well-known species 

 in our gardens, easily propagated, very distinct in its general 

 form, and requiring but little care in its cultivation, and 

 wherever grown a favourite. Its long pubescence standing 

 out round the stipes, gives the plant a somewhat hedge-hog 

 look. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of Nepal, the Phillipine Islands, the West Indies, 

 Jamaica, and Manilla. 



Introduced into England in the year 1770. 



The fronds, which are broadly lanceolate in form, are 

 pinnate, the pinnae being linear, narrow, and as much as seven 

 inches in length, petiolate, with the base auriculate. Fronds 



