eRYPT0G4MIA, FILICES. 1879, i8l> 1691 



plant agineum- Fronds ovate -lanceolate, ferrate-crenate: ftalt^fquarf. 

 Linn. Afplen. 



gradifoliujn. Fronds pinnate; divifions broad- lanceolate, (lightly fer- 

 rate, angular at tr>e bafe. Syuart. 



J870. LONCHITJS. Fructification infmall crefcent-lhapcd 

 lines in pairs, at each finus of the frond : involucres from 

 the inflected margin of the frond, opening towards the rib. 



fjirfifta. Fronds pinnatifid, obtufe, very entire: fhoots branched, hairy. 

 Plum fil. /. 20. 



repens. Fronds pinnate: divifions alternate* finuate: fhoots branched, 

 prickly. Plum. JiL t 12. 



junta, fronds pinnate: loweft divifions 2-parted; fhoots undivided, 

 prickly. Plum fit- i 1J. 



{/ntti/oH*. Fronds more than decompound: fukdivipns linear-oblong 

 ferrate; lpweft pinnatifid. Forft* 



1880. PTERIS. Fruclification in a continued marginal line: 

 involucre from the inflected membranaceous margin of the 

 frond, continued, opening towards the rib. 



A. Pteris proper* 



a. Frotifijimple. 



pihstlloides. Barren-fronds obovate; fertile-ones lanceolate, longer, 



from a creeping (hoot. Batiks, ic. Kamf. t. 31. 

 anguJlifoUa. Fronds lance linear, ere#: fruclification on the whole 



margin. Swarfz. ind.occ. 

 lanceojata. Fronds lanceolate, fomewhat angular, bearing the fructi- 



cation at the top Pmyi fit. tab.. 132. 

 tricuspidata. Fronds linear, 3 cleft at top. Plum fit. t. 140. 

 furcata. Fronds forked, briftly underneath, bearing the fructification 



at top. Plum, fil tab>\\\. 



b. Frond pinnate, 



Zrandifolia. Divifions oppofite, ovate-linear, pointed, entire. 



Plum. fit. tab. 105. 

 longifolia. Divifions linear, repand, hearted at the bafe. Plum* 69. 

 vittata. Divifions linear, ftraight, ronnded at the bafe. 



Osbeck. Chin. tab. 4. 

 Jlipularis. Divifions linear, feflile: ftipules lanceolata. Plum. fil. t. 70, 

 cretica. Divifions oppofite, lanceolate, ferrulate, narrowed at the bafe; 



loweft 3-parted. Tourn injf. /. 321. 

 ferraria. Divifions oppofite, linear-lanceolate, tooth-ferrat* at top ; 



loweft binate. jfhunb. prodr. 



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