Pinna of barren Frond. 



PTERIS AREOLATA. 



Lowe. 



I'LATJ-: LVII. 



LHobrocJiia areolata. 



MooEB. 



Pleris — Brake. 



Areolata — Name in reference to tlie areoles. 



In the Section Litobkochia of Authors. 



A NEW and rare species, introduced by Mr. E.. Sim, of 

 Foot's Cray, having been raised from East Indian spores in 

 1858. It is considered by Mr. Moore to be an undescribed 

 species. 



The fronds are nearly erect, and about eighteen inches in 

 length; pinnato-pinnatilid ; sparingly proliferous on the rachis. 

 Stipes long, namely, nine inches. The crown slightly scaly, 

 the scales being greyish in colour. The basal pinnae are 

 bipartite. Pinnae opposite; the segments of the pinnae falcate, 

 bluntish, and somewhat distant. 



AVidth of frond five inches; colour very bright green. 



