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spear-shaped terminal leaflet Gin. to Sin. long and l£in. to 2in. broad, with 

 the edge either entire or a little bluntly lobed, and from two to four opposite 

 pairs of similar lateral ones, all of a soft, papery texture and pale green colour. 

 The abundant and very conspicuous sori (spore masses) are disposed in rows 

 near the main veins. — Hooker, Species Filicum, v., p. 2. Nicholson, Dictionary 

 of Gardening, hi., p. 188. Lowe, Ferns British and Exotic, i., t. 26b. 



P. (Phegopteris) crinale— Phe-gop'-ter-is ; cri-na'-le (hairy), Hooker 

 and Arnott. 



A stove species, of somewhat large dimensions, native of the Sandwich 

 Islands, with ample and much-divided fronds, borne on tufted, stout stalks 

 densely clothed with rough scales of a hairy nature. They are usually from 

 2ft. to 3ft. long, 1ft. or more in breadth, with broadly spear-shaped leaflets 

 and blunt leaflts ljin. to 2in. long, again cut into rounded, blunt lobes, the 

 lower ones reaching down to the midrib. The fronds are of a leathery 

 texture, and the sori (spore masses) are disposed one to each lobe and situated 

 near the upper edge. — Hooker, Species Filicum, iv., p. 266. 



P. (Phymatodes) crispatum — Phy-mat-o'-des ; cris-pa'-tum (curled), 

 Hooker. 



This is a pretty, stove species, native of Panama. Its nearly entire, 

 strap-shaped fronds, bluntly lobed a quarter or sometimes even half-way to 

 the midrib, of a pendent habit and somewhat leathery texture, thinly clothed 

 on both sides with soft hairs, are Gin. to 18in. long and Jin. to fin. broad ; 

 they are borne on tufted, slender stalks lin. to 2in. long and clothed with 

 hairs of the same nature as those of the fronds. The small sori (spore masses) 

 are quite immersed in the frond, being disposed from two to six to each 

 lobe. — Hooker, Species Filicum, v., p. 1. 



P. (Phegopteris) Cllbanum — Phe-gop'-ter-is ; cub-a'-num (Cuban), Baker. 



A small, stove species, native of Cuba, of little decorative value, closely 

 related to P. reptans. — Hooker, Species Filicum, iv., p. 233. 



P. CUltratum — cul-tra'-tum (knife-like), Willdenow. 



A stove species, with fronds of a flaccid nature and pendulous habit, Gin. 

 to 18in. long, Jin. to lin. broad, cut down to the rachis into close, horizontal 



