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Sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae
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pteris
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Pteris ( brake ) is a genus of about 280 species of ferns in the Pteridoideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae . They are native to tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Many of them have linear frond segments, and some have sub-palmate division. Like ...
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Of ferns, after many a long hunt, I have only found the CystoPteris fragilis and the Blechnum spicant, but I hear that the Pteris aquilina is also found.
Porlieria hygrometrica, circumnutation and nyctitropic movements of petiole of leaf, 335, 336 --, effect of watering, 336338 --, leaflets closed during the day, 413 Portulaca oleracea, effect of Aecidium on, 189 Primula Sinensis, conjoint circumnutation of hypocotyl and cotyledon, 45, 46 Pringsheim on the injury to chlorophyll, 446 Prosopis, nyctitropic movements of leaflets, 374 Psoralea acaulis, nocturnal movements of leaflets, 354 Pteris aquilina, rachis of, 86 Pulvini, or joints.