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Botanical Engravings of A. Poiret

ENGRAVING TEST NUMBER 19.

Artist: A. Poiret. Del.

Notes by Charles Gaudichaud Beaupré.

PTERIDAE.

The engraving also appears identified as: Pteria alata & Pterida ailiei.

PTERIDAE. Pteris alata. Linn., Smith., Swartz.

P. frondibus (3-4-pedal.) tripinnatifidis tetrapinnatifidisvel; pinnis opositis; pinnulis lineari-lanceolatis, irregulariter lobato pinnatifidis, acuminatis; laciniis oblongo-lanceolatis, subotusis, integris, plerìunque abortivis; inferioribus dentate-subcrenulatis; rhachi late alatâ; stipite triangular, aleorubro, basi paleaceo.
Peteris irregularis! Kaulfuss, Enum. Fil. Pag. 189.

In insulis Sandwicensibus (Wahou, alt.150-250 hexap.).

SANDWICH ISLANDS, (BAIE DE WAITITI, WAHOU ISLAND).

Pages 391-392.

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