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fronds, of a more papery texture, and by its larger spore masses, usually 

 disposed in one row only. The plant known in gardens as P. appendiculatum 

 is a form of this species. — Hooker^ Species Filicum, v., p. 21, Nicholson, 

 Dictionary of Gardening, iii., p. 192. 



P. plumula — plu'-mul-a (feathered). This is synonymous with P. elasticum.. 



P. (Dictyopteris) polycarpum — Dic-ty-op'-ter-is ; pol-yc-ar'-pum (many- 

 fruited). Baker. 

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

 triangular fronds of a parchment-like texture, having the spore masses copiously 

 scattered over their under- side. It is a native of Malacca. — Hooker, Synopsis 

 Filicum, p. 506. 



P. (Phegopteris) polypodioides — Phe-gop'-ter-is ; pol-yp-od'-i-o-i'-des 

 (Polypodium-like). For the plant known as Phegopteris polypodioides, 

 see P. Phegopteris. 



P. (Niphobolus) porOSUm — Niph-ob'-ol-us ; por-o'-sum (porous). 

 Synonymous with P. Jissum. 



P. (Phymatodes) Powellii — Phy-mat-o'-des ; Pow-el'-li-i (Powell's), 

 Baker. 

 A stove species, of large dimensions, native of Samoa, and very closely 

 related to the better-known P. nigrescens, from which it is readily distinguished 

 by its narrow and more numerous lobes and by its spore masses not being 

 immersed. — Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 364. 



P. (Goniopteris) proliferum — Go-ni-op'-ter-is ; pro-lif'-er-um (proliferous), 

 Presl. 

 This stove species, of medium dimensions, which, according to Lowe, was 

 introduced into this country in 1820, has a very wide range of habitat. 

 Beddome states that it is very common on the hills near Kamptee and 

 Jubbulpore, in the Neilgherries, while it is given by Hoqker as a native of 

 Northern India, Southern China, the Philippines, New Caledonia, Northern 

 Australia, Angola, Mauritius, Zambesi Land, and South Africa. It is a 

 free-growing Fern, of somewhat straggling habit, producing from a stout. 



