I I
beneath ; the costæ and costules paleaceo-liirsute on both sides ; pinnæ G- 8 in.]
sessile, oblong acuminate, pinnated, or very deeply pinnatifid nearly to tli bipinnate ;
costa; pinnl. or lohes 7 - 8 lines 1 ., obtuse, subfalcate, serrato-dentate ; mk ...................... , .............
forked ; so n at tlie fork ; invol. very thin, membranaceous, fugacious, leaving : copious, twice ui u tolerablv regular lobes ; st. and the stout main rachis
shallow ragged cup, most permanent a t the inferior side. ^^^ urple h la c k I lk S p . ^ - p - 23. t. 1 1 . B.—-/3 latifolia ; larger
Hab. Cameroon Mountains, alt. 3-4,000 ft., G. Tfaîtii.—Habit, of G. Welwitschii, bii broader.—Sv. F il. p . 24. t. 13. A.
7 r t r T : 7 7 r e l t e r ” r i ; 7 1 r l ‘ ; o f r r T e d ? “ “ H a h . M a u r i U n s a n d B o n r h o n ;
30. W e lw ; 12-15 ft. 1 ., 8 in. in diam. ; / r . 6 - 8 ft. b
(probably including the St., which in the specimens is I J ft. or more, castaneous , , and the Malay Peninsula and Islands.
slightly muricato-tuberculate aud fiisco-paleaceous at the base, the rest smooth)..; t t Spedes o f India, including Ceylon ana me mamy
bipinnate, glabrous, subcoriaceo-membranaceous, paler and subglaucous beneath ’ Sp. 35-45.
prim, p innæ ft. and more 1., oblong-acuminate ; pinnl. 3 in. 1., sessile, oblon» - „
9. + ; .J 4-.^ 4.U... .fi... >._____pinnatifid nearly to the base, sometimes ferrugineo-tomentto_s_en i-n. t.h'eI aTxil s, deepl? 35. 0. Kvmm
and nearly to the raehis pinnatifid (subpinnate a t the very b a s e ); lobes obloni pui’P*® j A - grates on uic ------------ - . , - , • •
sulifalcate, obtuse, the margin a little thickened, subserrate ; sori a t the forkiii} serni ate, sma , membranaceous, fragile, soon breaking irreof
the veins, chiefly on the lower h a lf of the lobe and ne a r the costule ; inml. cup. costules ; * • ^ ’ iTr' I lk . Sp. 1. P- 25. t. 12. C.
shaped, short, b u t broken down and sublobed a t the m a rg in .— Welw.Phys.- . a t o WBnla hi Hh Nostr
Geogr. Ain, Aa n. ,n„ . Cons. Vltram. l1o8e5o8 , y„? . O35.-O8 . “ C o n t i n e n t o f I n d i a g e n e r a l l y . O u s i m a , S . J a p a n . C . I f « / « . * , » « - « O - A o s i r .
Hab. Eenguilla, distr. Huilla, Trop. W. Afr., alt. 3,500-5,550 ft. ; very rare, Wehoitscl
11.186 and 83.—The sori are rather old, and the involucres do not probably represent theii
earlier form. lanceolate, short
cos
close to the costa ; MeU. in Miq.
beneath, glabrous, hirsutulous on the costæ on both sides ; prim, p in næ 22 in. Í,, Hab. Java.—^This presents no very 77Titfo7''^et®OTnsítentia ab specfebua
8 in. w., oblong-acuminate ; pinnl. -J-f in. w., oblong, ra th e r suddenly acuminate, a very full description, I. c. , V',!,/.«?.» hymenodes, ZoUingeriana, orienUdis,
deeply pinnatifid (almost pinnate) ; foïes or iift.jOiW. approximate, oblong, obtuse, antecedentibus diversa ; viz. t . Javanic , ,
slightly crenate ; veins forked ; sori near the costule, and in my solitary specimej Sechellarum.” ^ ^ _
near the base o fthe lobe ;¿™oAmembranaceous,hreaking down Into irregular lobes, gy p Tavanica Bl • “ arboreous, u n a r m e d ; / r . bipinnate, subconaceous ;
a t i s r “ “L r r i .
Hab, Johanna Island, alt. 2,000 ft., Fr. Kirh.—Unwilling as I am to found a new
species on a mere fragment, though perfect in itself, I am, on the other hand, verj
unwilling to leave unnoticed a tree-Fern from so little known a country as Johanua
Island.
32. C. Sechellarum, Mett. ; st. tuberculato-asperous, and, as well as the main
rachis, ebeneous-pui’ple ; f r . subcoriaceous, glabrous, dark-green above, palet
beneath ; prim, pin næ l J - 2 ft. 1 . , 8-9 in. w. ; pinnl. 6 - 8 lines a v . , oblong, acuminate,
deeply pinnatifid ; lohes linear-oblong, acute, falcate, serrated ; veim
distinct, forked ; sori mostly in the lower half of tlse lobes, and near the costule ;
invol. membranaceous, pateriform, persistent.—Mett. in Miq, A n n . Mus. Bol
L . Bat. l . p . 58.
Hab. Seychelles, PervîUé, n. 365, lis, and 76ct (ex Herb. Mus, Par. in Hb. Nostr, ;
since received from Stoinburne Ward, Esq. {No. 2).—My own specimens are from the same
SGurce as those described by Mettenius, who observes that the species has the habit of
C. spinulosa, Wall, (from India), but the frond is coriaceous, the rachis muricate, not
spinulose, the invol, entire, persistent, not soon breaking down into fragments.
33. C. excelsa, Sw. ; unarmed ; f r . bipinnate, coriaceo-membranaceous ; prim,
? 2 ft. 1., 6 - 8 in. w. ; pinnl. 3-4 in. J., J in. w., sessile, deeply pinnatifid, sub«
pinnate a t the base ; lohes oblong, obliquely subacute, serrated, scaleless ; veim
once forked near the base ; sori in the fork near the costa ; invol. membranaceous,
very glossy, fragile, bursting irregularly into lobes, ra re ly sub-2 -valved.— H h
Sp. l .p . 24. t. 12.13.
Hab. Bourbon aud Mauritius.
with minute hristles.”—f t / En. p . 245,
Bot. L . Bat. l . p . &Q.
T™ Sumatra -M e tten iu s describes the involucres as rigidly membranaceous
o f S . m Í Ú S . 1 t t . m J L . p . .» . . 1 I ' « " I " . » • '
to learn with regard to their limits.
J S m .; unarmed ; f r . firm-memhranaceous, brownish-green,
’ - - - - - - 7 sessile or petiolate.
Hab. Amboyna, and Philippine Islands.
3 9 C Sarawakensis, H k . ; caud. 12 ft. 1.; gen. and part. smooth and
oloss'v • fr . ample, glabrous, subcoriaceous, bipinnate - prim, pmnm distant, petiÍ
c e s ^ ° ¿ ¿ numerous, Tppro’xi’Z tíÜ f o o n H T e ;^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Unes wide, oblong