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PILICES. 
[Fellaa. 
rigidly subcoriaceous, glabrous, 6-18 in. long, 4-6 in. broad ; rachis 
stiff, finely pilose on the upper surface. Pinnae 5-20 pairs, distinctly 
stalked, the petiole articulated at the top, lanceolate, cordate at the 
base, l|-3 in. long, f in. broad. Veins fine, immersed, free, erecto- 
patent. Sorus continuous from the base of the pinnae to the tip. 
Involucre narrow, soon flattened out and hidden by Jhe sorus. Pteris 
Doniana, Kuhn , Fil. Afr. 83. 
Seychelles, in the woods of Felicite, Home , 187 ! Spread through Tropical 
Africa. 
5. P. hastata, Link. ; Hook, and Baker, Syn. Fil. 152. Rootstock 
woody, suberect ; scales minute, brown, linear. Stipes tufted, naked, 
glossy, dark chestnut-brown, 3-9 in. long. Frond deltoid, glabrous, 
membranous, 2-3-pinnate, ^-1 ft. long. Segments sessile or shortly 
petioled, very variable in size and shape, lanceolate or deltoid, cuneate 
at the base, in. long, those that are terminal on the main rachis 
and pinnae usually hastate. Veins distinct, fine, close, free, ascending, 
dichotomously forked. Sori continuous from the base to the tip 
of the segments. Involucre narrow, membranous, soon flattened 
out and hidden by the sorus. Pteris viridis, Forsk. ; Kuhn , Fil. 
Afr. 89. 
Mauritius, Rodriguez, and Seychelles, frequent in rocky woods Cape and 
through Tropical Africa. A variety with small tripinnate fronds and segments not 
more than A— £ in. long, closely resembling F. consobrina in cutting, was gathered in 
Mauritius hy Mrs. Higginson, at Baie du Cap. 
6. P. Boivini, Hook. ; Hook, and Baker, Syn. Fil. 149. Rootstock 
suberect ; scales dense, linear-subulate, bright reddish-brown. Stipes 
tufted, glossy, nearly black, \ ft. long, slightly scaly at first. Fronds 
deltoid, rigidly subcoriaceous, glabrous, 2-3-pinnate, 6-9 in. long ; 
rachises finely pilose on the upper surface. Segments lanceolate, f- 
in. long, the upper ones adnate, the lower ones shortly petioled, trun- 
cate or slightly cordate at the base. Veins fine, hidden, immersed, 
ascending, free. Sori continuous from the base to the tip of the seg- 
ments. Involucre narrow, soon hidden by the sorus. Pteris Boivini, 
Moore ; Kuhn , Fil. Afr. 78. P. dura, Bojer, Hort. Maur. 400. 
Mauritius, on dry rocks on the banks of the Grand Riviere and Moka River* Also 
Madagascar, Tropical Africa and East Indies. 
7. P. angulosa, Baker. ; Hook, and Baker , Syn. Fil. edit. 2, 153. 
Rootstock suberect ; scales minute, brown, linear. Stipes tufted, J-l ft., 
long, glossy, black-brown, slightly, scaly at the first. Frond deltoid, 
rigidly subcoriaceous, glabrous, pale green on both sides, 2-3-pinnate, 
^-1 ft. long ; rachises finely pilose on the face. Segments shortly 
petioled, lanceolate, 1-2 in. long, cordate or rounded at the base. Veins 
obscure, fine, immersed, anastomosing in rhomboid areolae. Sori con- 
tinuous from the base to the tip of the segments. Involucre narrow, 
