t e i ,
2 lin. br. ; tomentum of the rachis very short, and
p . 105. ’
naked.—/ f t . Sp. 5.
Hab. Andes, from New Granada southward to Peru.—Mettenius admits our three
varieties as species, and also J. scalaris, Kze., and / . rotundifolia, Fée, the latter a
robust plant, most like y, but with closer and rounder pinnæ.
G e n . 60. NoTHO o iiL yENA , R . B r,
S o n marg in a l a t first ohlong or roundish, soon confluent into a continuous
marginal line, without a distinct involucre, but with tlie edge of the frond fre-
(jMutly inflexed. _ Feins free iu all the species. A small widely-dispersed genus
differing from Cheilantlies only hy the absence o f a distinct involucre, and connected
with It hy gradual intermediate stages. T a e . (i. / . 60.
§ Eunothochlæna. Fronds not farinose beneath. Sp. 1-16.
* Fronds densely matted beneath ; stems robust. Sp. 1-11.
1. N. Rawsoni, Pappe ; rhizome woody, wide-creeping, the scales dense, adpressed,
linear, black in the centre and ferruginous towards the edge • st. 3-4
in. I., wiiy , erect, naked, da rk cliesnut-brown ; f r . 6-9 in. 1., J in. hr.,’ simply
pinnate ; pinnæ in distant pairs, nearly as broad as long, deeply pinnatifid ;
texture subcoriaceous ; upper surface pale-green, naked, lower densely matted
with ferruginous tomentum ; sori black, the edge not inflexed.—/ f t . Sp 5
p. 110. ^
Hab. Namaqua-land, Bev. Mr. Whitehead.
lu. 1., J - J III. Ui., ovdie or oDiong, varying trom entire to deeply pinnatihd ; texture
thick, coriaceous ; upper surface green and slightly villose ; lower surface and.
raclm densely coated witli small linear ferruginous scales ; edge slightlv inflexed.
Sp. 5. p . 108. Bot. Mag. t. 4G99.
Hab. New Mexico, along the Andes to Chili.
3. N.ferruginea, H k . ; rhizome thick, bearing bulblike scaly buds, the scales
very dense, fibriilose, dark-brown ; st. suhtufted, 2-4 in. ]., wiry, erect black
s lig h tlym a tte d ; /» . 6-12 in. 1., J-1 fa. br., simply pinnate ; ? » « « sessile, 4-j
in. 1., ovate, deeply pinnatifid, with blu n t lobes ; texture coriaceous ; upper
pale-green, yiUose, lower densely matted with ferruginous or nearly white tomen-
rtim ; edge inflexed, slightly membranous ; sori black.—77/. S v . 5. v. 108. 2nd
Cent. t. 52. ^ ^
Hab. West Indies and Mexico, along the Andes to Chili.—This and the two precedins
may be distinguished from the rest of the group by having even the lower pinnæ pinnatifid
_ 4. N. lanuginosa, Desv.; st. densely tufted, woolly, wiry, very s h o r t; f r . 6-9
m. ]., 1 -1 -2 YJ* 5r., oblong-lanceolate, bipinnate ; pinnce close, lanceolate, the
central ones the largest, with close, roundish or oblong, entire or 3-lobed p in n l.;
herbaceous b u t thick ; hoth sides, especially the lower one, coated with
whitish or subterruginous tomentum ; racliis bright chesnut-brown, more or less
woolly.—77/. Sp. 5. p . 119.
Hab. South Europe, from Spain to Syria, Greece, Madeira, Teneriffe, Cape Verde
Isles, A giers. Temperate and Tropical Australia.—Distinguished from the rest by its
dense white woolly tomentum. ^
5. N. Brackenridgii, Baker ; rhizome thick, clothed with lanceolate ferruginous
scales ; st. 8-4 in. 1., chesnut-brown, glossy, nearly naked ; f r . 4-6 in. 1., oblong-
lanceolate, tripinnatifid ; lower pinnoe distant, stalked, oblong-deltoid, cut down
to the rachis into oblong-deltoid p in n l. with rounded lobes ; texture thick, cori-
aceous ; upper surface dark-green, nearly naked ; lower and rachis densely
clothed with small, linear, dark cliesnut-hrown scales N. sinuata, Brack, p. 19
(non K a u lf.). ^
Hab. Peru, Brackenridge.
6. N. inæqualis, Kze. ; rhizome stout, the scales long, dense, fibrillose, bright-
ferrugmous ; St. 3-0 in. 1., firm, erect, naked, stout, ebeneous ; f r . 4-6 in. 1., 2-3
t e u -'V subdeitoid, tripinnatifid ; upper pinnae lanceolate, lower
deltoid, with blu n t lanceolate pinnatifid p in n l .; texture tliic k ; both surfaces
densely coated with ferrugmous woolly tomentum ; the rachis nearly naked.—
H k . Sp. 5. p . 118. ■’
Hab. Maealisberg, near Natal, Burke; Angola, Welwitzsch, 147, 197.—A larger plant
than the last, almost as woolly, but the tomentum brown.
7. N. Aschenliorniana, Kze. ; st. tufted, 2-3 in. 1., wiry, ebeneous, densely scaly ;
j r . 8-12 in. 1., 2-3 in. br., oblong-lanceolate, tripinnatifid \ pinnoe lanceolate, 3-1-j
in. 1., f in. br., cut down to the rachis into linear-oblong crenate or pinnatifid
pm n l. ; t e x t n r e su b c o ria c e o u su p p e r surface pale-green and slightly hispid, lower
densely matted with linear, ciliated, bright-ferriiginous scales, beneath which it
IS subtannose ; sori black, the edge not iiiflexed.—77/. Sp. 5. p . 117. t . 287. B.
H a b . Mexico.—This an d th e n ex t th re e a re v e ry n e a r to one an o th e r.
8. N. squamosa. Baker ; st. tufted, 1-4 in. 1., densely clothed with ovate-acuminate
pale-brown scales ; f r . 3-4 in. 1., 1 in. or more br., ovate-lanceolate,
bipinnate ; pmnoe^ opposite, the lowest j in. 1., j in. br., ovate, blunt, cut down to
the racliis below into several linear-oblong p in n l. ; texture thick, subcoriaceous ;
raclm and under surface densely covered with ovate- or lanceolate-acuminate
ciliated ferruginous scales ; sori brownish, the edge subscariose.—Cheil. H k . Sp. 2.
p . 82. 77. é a . t. 151. ” ^
H ab . Mexico an d Gu a tem a la to P e ru an d th e A rg en tin e te rrito ry ,—P ro b ab ly th is is
N.^p&t'uviana, Desv., an d if so, th a t name is th e oldest. M e tten iu s distinguishes from
th is 0. hracliypus, K z e . {Notkocldoena, J . Sm.), by its sh o rte r stem, an d th e presence of
long flaccid h airs as well as scales on th e u n d e r surface.
9. N. Marantoe, H. Br. ; rhizome woody, the scales dense, fibrillose, bright-ferrug
in o u s; S t . strong, wiry, 3-6 in. 1., more or less matted ; f r . 4-12 in. L, l j - 3
in. br., oblong-lanceolate, bipinnate ; pinnce lanceolate, cut down to the rachis
into close, oblong, entire p in n l. 1 lin. br. ; texture thick, coriaceous ; upper
pale-green, naked, lower and rachis densely coated with lanceolate, bright-ferruginous
scales.—77/. Sp. 5. p . 120.
H a b . H im a lay a s (up to 15,000 ft.), Syria, an d Tau ria, to A rd e ch e an d P o r tu g a l ;
B a rb a ry Sta te s, Abyssinia, Azores, Madeira, Canaries, Cape Y e rd e Isles.
10. N. Eckloniana, Kunze ; rhizome woody, the scales lanceolate, dense, bright-
ferruginous ; S t . 3-6 in. 1., strong, erect, scaly ; f r . 6-12 in, 1., 2-3 in. br., bi-
tripinnatifid ; upper pinnæ close, the low'ei* ones subdistant, deltoid ; pinnl. close,
lanceolate, pinnatifid or pinnate, with short, ohlong segm. ; texture thick, coriaceous
; upper surface pale-green, lower and rachis densely clotlied with bright-
ferruginous scales.—I lk . Sp. 5. p . 116.
Hab. Cape Colony and Natal.-
fully distinct.
-Usually more divided tliau. the last, but very doubt-
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