. The ferns of North America [microform] : colored figures and descriptions, with synonymy and geographical distribution, of the ferns (including the ophioglassaceae) of the United States of America and the British North American possessions. Ferns; Fougères. 236 FERNS OF NORTH AMERICA. !'i. Fil. Eur. et Atlaiit., p. 43.— Kuiin, Fil. Afr., p. 83.— Four- NiER, PI. Mex., Crypt., p. 144.— BiiDDOME, Ferns of So. India, p. II, t. x.\.\iii.— CiARBUU, in Hot. Gazette, iii., p. 83.— Daven- port,-Catal., p. 17. Pteris costata, , .Sp. pi., v., p. 36, • Hooker & Aunott, Bot. Beechey Voy., p
. The ferns of North America [microform] : colored figures and descriptions, with synonymy and geographical distribution, of the ferns (including the ophioglassaceae) of the United States of America and the British North American possessions. Ferns; Fougères. 236 FERNS OF NORTH AMERICA. !'i. Fil. Eur. et Atlaiit., p. 43.— Kuiin, Fil. Afr., p. 83.— Four- NiER, PI. Mex., Crypt., p. 144.— BiiDDOME, Ferns of So. India, p. II, t. x.\.\iii.— CiARBUU, in Hot. Gazette, iii., p. 83.— Daven- port,-Catal., p. 17. Pteris costata, , .Sp. pi., v., p. 36, • Hooker & Aunott, Bot. Beechey Voy., p. 256. t. 51. Pteris cnsi/olia, Swartz, Syn. Fil., p. 95.— , Sp. PL, v., 367.— & Lanue, Prodr. Fl. Hispan., i., p. 4. Pteris tenuifolia, Brackenuiuge, Fil. of U. S. lixpl. Exped., p. 112. Lonchitis non ramosa longissimis angusds if ad basim aiiriculatis foliis, Plumier, Fil. Amen, p. 52, t. 69. (Other references and synonymy may be found in the works of Agardh, Hooker and Milde here quoted.) Had.— Key West, C I. Lyons, 1857 ; crevices of rocky ledges in the open pine-barrens at Miami, Florida, Dr. Gaui)i:u. West Indies, Mexico and Venezuela, and in tropical and sub-tropical regions all round the world, including southern Australia, Syria and the Mediterranean countries of luirope. Description:—-The root stock is creeping, but rather short, stout and woody. It is covered with fine and delicate amber-brown chaffy scales, which are also found on the lower part of the stalks, and sometimes, though not in our Florida specimens, follow the stalk and rachis to the apex of the frond, as in some examples from Santo D(,mingo, Chiapas and the Pacific Islands. The stalks of fully developed plants are often a foot long, ami sometimes longer. Their color is stramineous or brownish stramineous in dried specimens. They are erect and very strong, having a very thick outer o». Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images tha
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