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divided fronds, 2ft. to 4ft. long, 1ft. to 1 ^ ft. broad, and produced from a stout, 

 creeping rhizome, are borne on stout, upright stalks 1ft. to 2ft. long, of a 

 brown colour, hairy on their whole length except at the base, where they 

 are densely scaly. The leaflets, 6iu. to Din. long and 4in. to oin. broad, are 

 much overlapping, and their spear-shaped leafits are again divided into narrow- 

 oblong, entire segments, the whole being of a leathery texture. The minute 

 and copious sori (spore masses) are partly covered by the recurved margins 

 of the fertile segments. — Hooker, Species Filicum, iv., p. 270. 



P. (Phlebodium) areolatum — Phleb-o'-di-um ; ar-e-ol-a'-tuin (having 

 areolae). A variety of P. aureum. 



P. (Goniophletaium) argutum — Go-ni-oph-leb'-i-um ; ar-gu'-tura 

 (pungent ?), Wallich. 

 A greenhouse species, which, according to Beddome, occurs in Nepaul, 

 Kumaon, Sikkim, Khasya, &c. Its somewhat upright, oblong- spear -shaped 

 fronds, 1ft. to 2ft. long, Sin. to 12in. broad, and simply pinnate, are produced 

 from a slender, firm, wide- creeping rhizome, covered with narrow, dark brown 

 scales, and borne on naked stalks 3in. to Gin. long. The narrow-strap-shaped 

 leaflets, of a soft, papery texture, are bright green and naked on both surfaces, 

 and the spore masses are disposed in a single row nearer the midrib than the 

 edge. — Hooker, Species Filicum, v., p. 32. Beddome, Ferns of British India, 

 t. 6. Nicholson, Dictionary of- Gardening, hi., p. 187. 



P. (Phegopteris) asperulum — Phe-gop'-ter-is ; as-per'-ul-um (somewhat 

 rough), J. Smith. 



This stove species, of medium dimensions, native of the Philippines, has 

 a peculiar appearance produced by the unequal-sided character of its leafits 

 and of their segments. Its much-divided fronds, ljft. to 2ft. long and 1ft. 

 or more in breadth, are of a somewhat leathery texture. The spore masses 

 are disposed one to each ultimate lobe. — Hooker, Species Filicum, iv., p. 257. 

 Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, hi., p. 187. 



P. (Goniopteris) asplenioid.es — G-o-nl-op'-ter-is ; as-ple-ni-o-i'-des 

 (Asplenium-like). A variety of P. reptans. 



