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a soft, papery texture, and thinly coated with soft hairs on both sides. It is 

 a native of Venezuela. P. concinnum is identical with this species. — Hooker, 

 Species Filicum, iv., p. 189. 



P. lasiolepis — las-i-oF-ep-is (rough with scales), Mettenius. 



A small-growing, stove species, of botanical interest only, with fronds 2 in. 

 to 5in. long, l|in. broad, pinnate, and covered on both surfaces with short, 

 fine, brown, hair-like scales. It is a native of Martinique and Guadeloupe. — 

 Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 330. 



P. lasiostipes — las-I-os'-tip-Os (having rough, hairy stalks), Mettenius. 



This stove species, native of New Caledonia, is of little decorative value. 

 It is readily distinguished by the nature of its stalks, which are tufted, very 

 short, and clothed with short, stiff, blackish hairs. — Hooker, Synopsis 

 Filicum, p. 327. 



P. (Gonioplllebium) latipes— (xo-ni-oph-leb'-i-um ; la'-tip-es (broad- 

 footed). A variety of P. loriceum. 



P. (Phymatodes) Lehmanni— Phy-mat-o'-des ; Leh-man'-ni (Lehmann's), 

 Mettenius. 



This stove species, native of Burmah and Darjeeling, produces, from 

 a wide-creeping rhizome of a woody nature, its pinnate fronds, which are 

 lft. to 2ft. long, Sin. to lOin. broad, and borne on firm, erect, naked stalks 

 Gin. to 9in. long. The leaflets, 4in. to 5in. long, are sharply pointed and 

 smooth or slightly undulated at the edges ; they are of a somewhat leathery 

 texture, naked on both sides, and each bears two rows of sori (spore masses). 

 — Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 369. Beddome, Ferns of British India, t. 260. 



P. (Phymatodes) leiorhizon— Phy-mat-o'-des ; lei-o-rhi'-zon (having 

 a smooth rhizome), Wallich. 

 This is a robust-growing, greenhouse species, native of Northern India, 

 where it grows up to 7000ft. elevation, and, according to Beddome, found on 

 the Anamallay Mountains at 4300ft. elevation. Its very thick rhizome is 

 clothed with egg-shaped scales, and its fronds, 2ft. to 4ft. long and lft. to 

 2ft. broad, are borne on firm, erect stalks, also lft. to 2ft. long. Their leaflets 



