PTERIS. 



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P. S. cristata — cris-ta'-ta (crested), Moore. 



This variety is very variable. Its fronds, instead of being lengthened 

 into a terminal leaflet, have a more or less rounded form, produced through the 







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Fig. 85, Pteris serrulata cristata 



a nat. size). 



cristation of the leaflets, which appear to be all of nearly equal length. The 

 original P. s. cristata is of upright habit (Fig. 85), but many seedlings raised 

 from it have a more or less drooping character, — Nicholson, Dictionary of 

 Gardening, iii., p. 245, 



