Pinna of barren Frond. 



PTERIS CRETICA. 



Linnjeus. Moore and IIoulston. Fee. 



TOURNEFORT. SCIIKUIIR. SMITH. WlLLDENOW. AgARDH. 



Link. Kunze. Presl. Sciiott. M. S. 



PLATE XLI1I. VOL. III. 



Pteris serraria, 

 " vittata, 



SWARTZ. 



Boiiy, (not SciiKUTiit, Linnaeus, 



Of WlLLDENOW. 



Pteris — Brake. 



Cretica — Cretan. 



A pretty, and at the same time an uncommon, garden 

 species generally speaking, yet well worthy of extensive culti- 

 vation; compact in habit, and brilliant in colour; easily culti- 

 vated. 



A warm greenhouse evergreen species. 



From the East and West Indies, Mexico, China, the south 

 of Europe, Arabia, and Armenia. 



Cultivated in the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the. year 1820. 



The fronds arc glabrous and pinnate, the pinna; of the sterile 

 fronds linear-lanceolate, the lower pair bipartite, pctiolulate, with 

 a serrated margin. The fertile segments linear, narrow, serrated 

 at the apex, and frequently six inches long. 



Rachis and stipes straw-coloured. 

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