14;3 rXERIS PROLIFERA. 



Pteris — Brail c. Proltfera — Proliferous. 



According to Mr. T. Moore, this is a variety of the Pteris 

 cretica, figured in vol. iii, Plate XLIII, of my "Natural 

 History of Ferns;" there are, however, characters about it so 

 markedly different from Pteris cretica, that I think it may at 

 all events be provisionally raised to the rank of a species; and 

 as I believe there is no Pteris prolifera, I have adopted Mr. 

 Moore's name in part. 



A stove Fern from the East Indies. 



Introduced by Mr. R. Sim, of Foot's Cray, in 1858. 



Crown erect; scales few, small, close, and greyish. Stipes 

 glandular. 



The seedling plants, and the tiny bulbils on the costse of 

 the pinnae, are streaked like those of Pteris aspericaulis, P. 

 tricolor, etc. 



Length of barren frond six to nine inches, of fertile frond 

 nearly twelve inches. Colour pale green, red when young. 



Fronds pinnate. Sori marginal. 



For fronds my thanks are due to JNIr. R. Sim, of Foot's 

 Cray, Kent. 



