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scales of a bright brown colour, from which its large, simply-pinnate fronds 

 are produced. These are borne on firm stalks 1ft. or more in length, and of 

 a glossy nature ; they are 1ft. to 2ft. long and Sin. to 12in. broad, with leaflets 

 lin. to 2in. apart. The leaflets ai-e sharp-pointed at their extremity, rounded 

 or even heart-shaped at their base, and have the edge wavy. The fronds are 

 of a somewhat leathery texture, their under-surface is finely hairy, and their 

 spore masses are disposed in one or two rows of three or four each between 

 the main veins. — Hooker, Species Filicum, v., p. 91. Nicholson, Dictionary of 

 Gardening, iii., p. 190. Beddome, Ferns of British India, t. 318. 



P. hirsutulum — hir-su'-tul-um (shghtly hairy). Fee. 



A small-growing, stove species, of little decorative value, with short, 

 pendulous fronds of a 'somewhat leathery texture, and covered, as well as their 

 stalks, with minute, brown hairs. It is a native of Rio Janeiro. — Flooker, 

 Synopsis Filicum, p. 509. 



P. (Phegopteris) hirsutum — Phe-gop'-ter-is ; hir-su'-tum (hairy), 

 Swartz. 

 This stove species, of small dimensions, native of Minas Geraes, Brazil, 

 has oblong- spear -shaped fronds. Gin. to 9in. long and tripinnatifid (three 

 times divided half-way to the midrib). They are borne on tufted stalks. Sin. 

 to 4in. long, clothed with dense, spreading, narrow scales, are of a parchment- 

 like texture, and are covered on both surfaces, but especially on the lower 

 one, with narrow scales. The sori (spore masses) are disposed in a row on 

 each side of, and close to, the midvein.— ZTool-er, Synopsis Filicum, p. 505. 



P. hirtellum — hir-tel'-lum (shaggy), Blume. 



A small-growing, stove species, of tufted habit, of botanical interest only. 

 Its small, entire fronds, of a somewhat leathery texture, have both surfaces 

 clothed with long, soft, brown hairs. The spore masses are disposed in two 

 close rows nearer the midrib than the edge. It is a native of India. — 

 Hooker, Species Filicum, v., p. 166. Beddome, Ferns of British India, t. 172. 



P. Hooker! — Hook'-er-i (Hooker's), Brackenridge. 



This is a very distinct, small-growing, stove species, native of the 

 Sandwich Islands, Fiji, Queensland, and the Philippines. Its simple (undivided) 



