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The lowest leaflets are lft. to l|ft. long and 6in. to 8in. broad ; their pinnules 

 (leafits), spear-shaped, spreading, 3in. to 4in. long, and l£in. broad, are again 

 divided into narrow egg-shaped segments bitten off on the lower side, and 

 deeply cleft on the upper one into narrow, toothed lobes. They are naked 

 on both sides, and have their spore masses disposed usually one near the base 

 of each lobe. This must not be confounded with P. sandvicense of Hooker, 

 which is synonymous with P. stegnogrammoides. — Hooker, Species Filicum, 

 iv., p. 267. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, hi., p. 193. 



P. (Phymatodes) sarcopus— Phy-mat-o'-des ; sar'-cop-us (having a fleshy 

 foot or stalk), De Vricse and Teysmann. 

 A stove species, native of the Celebes, with oblong, simply-pinnate fronds 

 lft. to ljft. long, 6in. to Sin. broad, borne on stout, naked stalks Gin. to 

 9in. long and of a fleshy nature. The strap-shaped, entire leaflets, about 

 Jin. long, are dilated at the base, of a somewhat leathery texture, and naked 

 on both surfaces. The spore masses, disposed in a single row midway between 

 the midrib and the edge of the leaflets, are immersed in a pit with a distinctly- 

 defined border, and form a much-raised, nippled surface on the upper side. — 

 Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 514. 



P. sarmentosum — sar-men-to'-sum (flexible), Brackenridge. 



A small-growing, stove species, of little decorative value, seldom more 

 than 6in. high and of a somewhat leathery texture. It is a native of the 

 Sandwich Islands. — Hooker, Species Filicum, iv., p. 195. 



P. Schkuhri — Schkuhr'-i (Schkuhr's). This is synonymous with 

 P. elasticum. 



P. (Phlebodium) Schneiderii — Phleb-o'-di-um ; Schnei-der'-i-i 

 (Schneider's), Schneider. 

 This may be considered the most striking and at the same time the most 

 interesting hybrid artificially raised. It originated among some seedlings of 

 P. aureum and P. vulgare elegantissimum, the spores of which had been 

 purposely sown together. While in a young state the offspring showed very 

 little difference from P. aureum, but its fronds, at first entire and conspicuously 

 undulated, became more and more divided, and on the same plant one could 

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