290 THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. 



masses extend nearly to the end of the segments. — Hooker, Species Filicum^ 

 ii., p. 177, t. 137. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, iii., p. 244. Beddome, 

 Ferns of Southern India, t, 205. 



P. (Doryopteris) pedata — Dor-y-op'-ter-is ; ped-a'-ta (footed), Linnceus. 

 This pretty, dwarf-growing, stove species, native of the West Indies and 

 Brazil, closely resembles P. palmata, from which, however, it is readily dis- 

 tinguished by its smaller size, as well as by its decidedly three-parted fronds, 

 which are never proliferous. — Hooker, Filices Exoticce, p. 34. Nicholson, 

 Dictionary of Gardening, iii., p. 244. Lowe, Ferns British and Exotic, 

 iii., t. 35. 



P. pellucens — pel-lu'-cens (pellucid). Synonymous with P. longipes. 



P. pellucida — pel-lu'-cid-a (pellucid), Presl. 



This stove plant, native of Malaysia, the Philippine Islands, and the 

 Guinea Coast, although in the typical state different from P. cretica, is not 

 considered by Baker as specifically distinct. — Hooker, Species . Filicum, ii., 

 p. 161, t. 129b. Beddome, Ferns of Southern India, t. 38. 



P. (Litobrochia) podophylla — Li-tob-roch'-i-a ; pod-oph-yl'-la (having 

 foot-like fronds), Swartz. 

 This is a strong-growing, stove species, native of Mexico and the West 

 Indies. Its ample and three times divided fronds are borne on straw-coloured, 

 glossy stalks, and are 4ft. or more in length. Their terminal leaflet, 6in. long 

 or more, is cut down two-thirds of the way to the rachls into numerous 

 narrow-sickle-shaped lobes, which are finely toothed when barren. The lateral 

 leaflets, disposed in closely opposite pairs, are furnished with numerous lobes 

 similar to those of the terminal one ; they are of a thick texture and naked 

 on both surfaces, and the spore masses fall short of the point of the lobes. — 

 Hooker, Species Filicum, ii., p. 227 ; Garden Ferns, t. 55. Nicholson, 

 Dictionary of Gardening, iii., p. 244. 



P. (Litobrochia) pulchra — Li-tob-roch'-i-a ; pul'-chra (fair), Schlechtendahl. 



This greenhouse species is a native of Mexico, where it is said to be found 



up to 5000ft, elevation. Its ample fronds are furnished on each side with 



