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PTEKIS AQUILINA, Vau. Esculknta. 



IIoOKEU. 



PLATE XMX. 



Ptcris esctilenUi, 



densa, 



arachnoide^, 



lorigcra, 



FORSTEB. SWAIiTZ. LaBILLAUDIEUE. 

 SCHKCHK. WiLLDENOVV. UrOWN. 



Bldjie. Endlichee. Aoardh. 



Wallich. Agaedh. 



Wallich. 



Kaulfuss. Kdnze. AOARDrl. 



Wallich. 



Pleris — Brake. 



Aquilimi — Eagle-like. 



Escatenla — Eatable. 



A PRETTY, narrow, slender variety of the Common Brakes, 

 and more especially abundant in the southern hemisphere. 



Native of Australia, New Zealand, Society Islands, Tasmania, 

 Torfollv Island, Feejee Ishmds, Tropical America, Jamaica, Peru, 

 Venezuela, Guiana, Galipagos, Brazil, India, Borneo, and the 

 Indian Archipelago. 



In this variety the fronds are usually glabrous, the pinnules 

 distant, narrow-linear, the superior pinnules mostly decurrent 

 and confluent, the portion that is decurrent forming a shallow 

 rounded auricle. 



Length from twelve to twenty-four inches. 



For fronds my thanks are due to JMr. J. Smith, Curator of 

 the Royal Gardens, Kew, and to Mr. G. Norman, of Hull. 



