Portion of mature Frond — upper side. 



PTEEIS BIAURITA. 



Linn^us. Kunze. Plumier. Presl. 

 Fee. Hooker and Bauer, {not of Sieber.) 



PLATE L. VOL. III. 



Campteria biaurita, 

 Pteris nemoralis, 



J. Smith. Mooee and Houlston. 



BlUME? (not of WlLLDENOW.) 



Pteris — Brake. 



Biaurita — Two-eared. 



In the Section Campteria of some Authors. 



Some confusion exists as regarding what Fern is to be under- 

 stood as representing the true Pteris biaurita, as it appears 

 evident that several species bear this name. However, there 

 can be but little doubt that the present Fern is that known as 

 P. biaurita of Linnaeus. 



It is a handsome free-growing species, somewhat scarce in 

 cultivation in England. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Native of the West Indies and Jamaica. 



Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1842, by Mr. 

 W. Purdie. 



The fronds, which are glabrous, are triangularly elongate in 



