494 The Cryptogamous Plants of Dr. Roxburgh, 



34. P. confluens. R, 



Stipes scaly: fronds (1-2 feet high,) smooth, bipinnate at 

 the base, becoming less compound to the obtuse pinnatifid 

 apex ; pinnas tapering ; segments thereof obtuse, linear, con- 

 fluent, from entire to serrate, or even pinnatifid. Fructifica- 

 tions in two lines parallel with the nerves of the segments. 



Nat. of Chittagong, 



35. P. squarrosum. R. 



Stipes to the top of the frond clothed with long, brown, 

 ragged scales and hairs ; fronds linear, alternately-bippi- 

 nate, {2-S feet high :) pinnas linear ; leaflets subtriangular, 

 mucronate, and acutely jagged, particularly on the anterior 

 margin. Fructifications few, and large, in two rows. Invo- 

 lucre peltate. 



Found by Captain Hardwicke on the tops of the moun- 

 tains between Hurdwar and Sirinagur. 



36. P. scariosum, R. 



Stipes clothed with scariose, scaly hairs to the top of the 

 fronds (which are 3-5 feet high,) subalternately bipinnate : 

 pinnae sublanceolate ; leaflets trapeziform, crenate-serrate, 

 smooth. Fructifications scattered, numerous, large. Invo- 

 lucre obscure. 



Nat. of Amboyna. 



37. P. impuber. R. 



Stipes smooth ; fronds (5-6 feet high,) alternately bipin- 

 nate ; pinnae linear, ending in fine, serrated, barren points ; 

 leaflets oblong, obtuse, entire, smooth ; on the lower half of 

 the pinnae distinct ; on the exterior confluent. Fructifica- 

 tions in two lines, parallel with the nerve of the leaflets. In- 

 volucre obscure. 



Nat. of Amboyna ; an elegant, firm, polished species. 



38. P. affine. Forst. Flor. Austr. p. 83. 



Stipes with large scariose scales at the base ; fronds (3-4 

 feet high,) alternately bipinnate ; pinnae tapering ; leaflets 

 linear-oblong, obtuse, smooth, to the middle pinnatifid. 



