Pinna of mature Frond— under side. 



PTERIS GRANDIFOLIA. 



Linnaeus. Plumier. Pettver. Sloane. Schkuhr. Kunze, 

 Link. Presl, {not a/Pceppig, nor Schlechtendal.) 



PLATE XL1X. VOL. III. 



Litobrochia grandifolia, 

 Seterophlebium grandifolium, 

 Pteris vittata, 



J. Smith. Moore and Houlston. 



Fee. 



Schkuhr. 



Pteris — Brake . 



Grandifolia — Large-leaved. 



In the Section Litobrochia of Authors. 



A large, handsome species, seldom to be met with in col- 

 lections, and whose chief attraction is its boldness. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



A native of the West Indies and Jamaica, St. Domingo, 

 and Martinica. 



Introduced into England in the year 1793. 



Fronds erect, pinnate; pinna? membranous, glabrous, petiolatc, 



