120 PTERIS CRETICA. 



Fronds lateral or terminal, adherent to a short creeping 

 rhizoma. 



Sori continuous and prominent. 



Length of frond from twelve to eighteen inches; colour vivid 

 pale green. 



There is a variety from India called heterodactylon, which 

 differs in the stipes and rachis being purplish brown in colour, 

 the pinna? being all bipartite* and the fronds arranged around 

 a scaly crown. 



My obligations are due to Mr. Sim, of Foot's Cray, for plants 

 of Pteris cretica; and to M. Schott, Director of the Imperial 

 Gardens, Vienna, for fronds. 



It may be procured of Messrs. Sim, of Foot's Cray; Rollisson, 

 of Tooting; A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place; Booth, of 

 Hamburg; Kennedy, of Co vent Garden; and Stansfield and 

 Son, Todmorden. 



The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 



