Portion of mature Frond— under side. 



PTERIS LEPTOPHYLLA. 



SWARTZ. KUNZE. LlNK. AGARDH. PRESL. 



PLATE XLVII. VOL. III. 



Litobrochia leptophylla, 



Pteris spinulosa, 

 " decurrens, 

 Cheilanthes spinulosa, 



J. Smith. Moore and Hotjlston. 



Fee. Swaetz. 



Raddi. Schott. M. S. 



Aeeab, (not of Link or Eaddi.) 



Link. 



Pteris — Brake. 



Leptophylla — Slender-leaved. 



In the Section Litobrochia of Authors. 



A delicate, pleasing, dwarf species, whose spinulose fronds 

 induced both Link and Raddi to name it Spinulosa. 



A stove species. 



Native of Brazil. 



Raised at the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1834. 



Fertile fronds glabrous, triangular in form, bitripinnate; seg- 

 ments distant, acuminate, linear, and narrow. Apex serrate. 



Sterile fronds glabrous, triangular in form, bipinnatifid, and 

 below tripinnatifid ; pinnae linear-acuminate, decurrent at the 

 base; margin serrate, with long spinulose teeth. 

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