Cheilanthes decora (Brack.) R.M.Tryon & A.F.Tryon

HERBARIUM
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY,
NEW YORK.
REVISION OF DORYOPTERIS
decora Brack, var. typica
R.M.Tryon, Jr.	1941
Pteris decora (Brack ) Hook. Sp. Fil. 2:210. 1858.
Dryopteris decora Brack.
f. 1. 1854.
Bot. U. SvExpl. Exped. 16:163, pi. IB,
On exposed rocks below the forests, on the ridge west of the
Hanapepe river, and above Waimea, Kauai, both stations at ele-
vations of about 2000 fee^ Professor Underwood says, “It is
doubtful if this species can be maintained as a Pteris.” I cer-
tainly hfad no idea that it was such when the specimens were
collected. It has been found only on the Hawaiian group.
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PLANTS OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
COLLECTED ON THE I8LAND OF KAUAI, ON THE RIDGE WE8TOF
THE HANAPEPE RIVER,
By A. A. Heller, August 6,1896.
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