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divided fronds, 2ft. to ift. long, 1ft. to IJft. broad, and produced from a stout, 

 creeping rhizome, are borne on stout, upright stalks 1ft. to 2 ft. long, of a 

 brown colour, hairy on their whole length except at the base, where the)- 

 are densely scaly. The leaflets, Gin. to 9in. long and 4in. to oin. broad, are 

 much overlapping, and their spear-shaped leafits are again divided into narrow- 

 oblong, entire segments, the whole being of a leathery texture. The minute 

 and copious sori (spore masses) are partly covered by the recurved margins 

 of the fertile segments. — Hooker^ Species FHicum, iv., p. 270. 



P. (Phlebodium) areolatum — Phleb-o'-dl-um ; ar-e-ol-a'-tmn (having 

 areolte). A variety of P. aureum. 



P. (Goniophlebium) argutum — Go-ni-oph-leb'-i-um ; ar-gu'-tum 

 (pungent ?), Wallich. 

 A greenhouse species, which, according to Beddome, occurs in Nepaul, 

 Kumaon, Sikkim, Khasya, &c. Its somewhat upright, oblong-spear-shaped 

 fronds, 1ft. to 2ft. long. Sin. to 12in. broad, and simply pinnate, are produced 

 from a slender, firm, wide-creeping rhizome, covered with narrow, dark brown 

 scales, and borne on naked stalks Sin. to 6in. long. The narrow -strap -shaped 

 leaflets, of a soft, papery texture, are bright green and naked on both surfaces, 

 and the spore masses are disposed in a single row nearer the midrib than the 

 Q^gQ.— Hooker, Species Filicum, v., p. 32. Beddome, Ferns of British India, 

 t. 6. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, iii., p. 187. 



P. (Phegopteris) asperulum— Phe-gop'-ter-is ; as-per'-ul-um (somewhat 

 rough), /. Smith. 

 This stove species, of medium dimensions, native of the Phihppines, has 

 a peculiar appearance produced by the unequal-sided character of its leafits 

 and of their segments. Its much-divided fronds, IJft. to 2ft. long and 1ft. 

 or more in breadth, are of a somewhat leathery texture. The spore masses 

 are disposed one to each ultimate \ohe.— Hooker, Species Filicum, iy,,^ p. 257. 

 Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, iii., p. 187. 



P. (Goniopteris) asplenioides — Go-ni-op'-ter-is ; as-ple-ni-6-i'-des 

 (Asplenium-like). A variety of P. reptans. 



