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of a somewhat leathery texture and naked on both sides. The sori (spore 

 masses), of a bright yellow colour, are disposed in two long rows, one on 

 each side of the midvein. — Hooker, Species Filicum, iv., p. 201. Nicholson, 

 Dictionary of Gardening, hi., p. 188. 



P. (Goniophlebium) cuspidatum — Go-m-oph-leb'-i-um • cus-pid-a'-tum 

 (pointed). This is synonymous with P. persicoefolium. 



P. (Phegopteris) cyatheeefolium — Phe-gop'-ter-is ; cy-ath'-e-Ee-foh-I-um 

 ( Cy athea -fronded ) , Desva use . 

 With this stove species, native of Mauritius and Bourbon Island, P. 

 Sieberianum is synonymous. Its ample fronds, ljft. to 2ft. long, 1ft. or more 

 in breadth, and borne on firm, naked stalks ljft. to 2 It. long, have their leaflets 

 "6 in. to 9in. long, 2 in. or more in breadth, and cut down to a broadly-winged 

 rachis into sickle-shaped, entire lobes, the lowest pair being rather smaller 

 and cleflexed. They are of a soft, papery texture, and the spore masses are 

 disposed about the centre of the lobes. — Hooker, Species Filicum, iv., p. 235. 

 Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, hi., p. 188. 



P. dareasforme — da'-re-se-for'-me (Darea-shaped), Hooker. 



A greenhouse species, with finely-cut foliage, native of Sikkim, Khasya, 

 and Moulmein. Its somewhat triangular fronds, 1ft. to ljft. long, Sin. to 

 12in. broad, and borne on naked stalks Gin. to 9in. long and of a glossy 

 nature, are produced from a stout, wide-creeping rhizome clothed with dense, 

 narrow scales of a pale brown colour. The lower leaflets, 4in. to Gin. long 

 and ljin. to 2in. broad, are broadly spear-shaped and furnished with oblong- 

 spear-shaped leafits, which are again divided into either entire or forked 

 segments of a soft, papery texture and naked on both sides. The sori (spore 

 masses) are disposed at the extremity of the veins, one of which is found in 

 each segment. — Hooker, Species Filicum, iv., p. 256 ; Second Century of Ferns, 

 t. 24. Beddome, Ferns of British India, t. 174. 



P. decorum — dec-o'-rum (decorous), Brackenridge. 



A stove species, of small dimensions and of little decorative value, with 

 fronds 6in. to 12in. long, barely lin. broad, simply pinnate, and of a leathery 

 texture. It is a native of Ceylon, Malaysia, the Philippine Islands, 



