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spear-shaped leaflets, cut down to a narrow wing into deeply-cleft, close, spear- 

 shaped leafits of thin texture and naked on both sides. The small and 

 numerous spore masses are disposed in rows near the mid veins. — Hooker, 

 Species Filicum, v., p. 103. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, hi., p. 191. 



P. (Phegopteris) macrophyllum — Phe-gop'-ter-is ; mac-roph-yk-lum 

 (large-leaved), Hooker. 

 This gigantic, stove species, native of the Andes of North-east Peru, has 

 fronds oft. to 6ft. long and 2ft. to oft. broad, borne on stalks 4ft. long, Jin. 

 thick, and clothed with spear-shaped scales. They are only pinnatifid, their 

 lowest leaflets, 16in. long and 2 Jin. broad, being cut down to a broadly -winged 

 rachis into close, slightly-toothed, somewhat sickle-shaped lobes of a thin, 

 papery texture, dark green in colour, and naked on both sides, but showing 

 numerous pellucid (transparent) dots. The sori (spore masses) are disposed 

 in one row on each side of and close to the midvein. — Hooker, Species Filicum, 

 iv., p. 241. 



P. (Phegopteris) macropterum — Phe-gop'-ter-is ■ mac-rop'-ter-um 

 (large- winged), Kaulfuss. 

 A stove species, of large dimensions, native of Brazil, producing from 

 a somewhat arborescent trunk fronds 4ft. to 6ft. long, borne on strong, angular, 

 smooth stalks 2ft. long. These fronds are furnished with leaflets 6in. to 9in. 

 long and 2in. broad, with entire, sickle-shaped lobes reaching three-quarters 

 of the way to the midrib. The sori (spore masses) are disposed along the 

 midvein. — Hooker, Species Filicum, iv., p. 258. Nicholson, Dictionary of 

 Gardening, hi., p. 191. 



P. madrense— mad-ren'-se (from Sierra Madre), J. Smith. 



A small-growing, stove species, native of North-west Mexico, and of little 

 decorative value. It is somewhat closely related to P. plebeium, and has 

 fronds of a leathery texture, seldom more than 5in. long and 2in. broad. — 

 Hooker, Species Filicum, iv., p. 214. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, 

 hi., p. 191. 



P. (Campyloneuron) magniflCUm — Camp-yl-on-eur'-on ; mag-nif'-ic-um 

 (magnificent). A garden synonym of P. Fendleri. 



