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46 10. HYPODEERIS. 11. WOODSIA, § EQWOODSIA.
8 Euonoclea. Feri. f r . hipmnate ; pinnl. recurvato-globose ; invol. a globose
peUiele, bursting at the summit. Feins o f the fertile f r . copiously anastomosing.
1. 0 . sensibilis, L.—Hh. Sp. F il. 4. p . 160.
Hab. N. Am., U. St., from Florida to Canada; N. Asia, Amur, Japan, and Manchuria.
§§ Struthiopteris, W . Hh. G. F il. t. m .— S p .2 . 8. Fert. f r . pinnate; pinnm
or flattish. Veins all fre e pinnated; invol. subhemispherical, very
2. O. Germánica, W . ; f r . broad-lanceolate, long-attenuated at the base ; fert.
pinnm short, much contracted, linear-terete, torulose, lohed and torn at the
margin ; invol. cup-shaped, very fragile and soon obsolete.—Hh. Sp. 4. p . 161.
Hab. N. Europe, Scandinavia to Austria ; N. Asia, Manchuria to Altai ; N. America,
Canada to Pennsylvania.
S. 0 . orientalis, H k . ; f r . ovato-oblong, not attenuated a t the base ; fe r t. ones
oblong (often 2 ft. 1.) contracted ; pinnm linear-ohlong, flattened 2-edged, the
broad refracted margins covering the whole back, da rk purple-hrown, glossy, at
length spreading, torn at the margin, inv. 0 . ?—Hh. 2nd Cent, o f F . t. 4. Sp. 4.
/ . 161.
Hab, Sikkim, alt. 12,000 ft. ; Assam ; Hakodadi, Japan.—I think Mettenius has
done well in uniting Onoclea and Struthiopteris; and also in placing the genus near
Woodsia, on account of the involucre (when present) having its origin beneath the sorus.
Gen. 10. H ypoderris, B r .
Sori subglobose in lines or series parallel with the second, veins. Invol. calyciform,
thin-membranaceous, fimbriated at the margin.—Frond simple, subeordato-
hastate, costate, pinnatedly veined, membranaceous; veins alternato-flexuose.
Veinlets copiously anastomosing. Tab. 1. f. 10.
1. H. Brownii, J . Sm,—-Hh. Sp. p . 57. Ic. P I. t. 675, 676 ; and in Gard. F.
t. 24. Woodsia, Mett.
Hab. Trinidad.—Fr. 10-12 in. 1., often hastately 3-lohed.
Gen. 11. W oodsia, B r.
Sori glohose. Invol. inferior, soft-membranaceous, from the first calyciform
or more or less globose, and sometimes enclosing the sorus, at length opening at
the top, the margin or mouth irregular lobed or fringed.—Small herbaceous Ferns
o f cold or temperate climates, much tufted: the stipes often jointed and separating
at the joint. T ab. 1. f. 11.
§ Euwoodsia.—Invol. smaller than the sorus, hut fringed with hairs which extend
T ab. 1. f. 11. Sp. 1-3.
1. W . Ilvensis, Br. ; slightly hairy above, st., rachis, costules, and veins below
crinite, with copious, rufous, chaffy scoeZes ,• f r . broad-lanceolate ; pinnm oblong,
obtuse, broader a t the base, sessile, deeply pinnatifid with many oblong, obscurely
crenated lobes.—Hh. Sp. l . p . 63, and B rit. F . t. 8.
Hab. Arctic regions and high mountains in the temperate zone, Europe, Asia, and
America.
2. W . hyperborea, Br. ; glabrous, or with the st., rachis, and costm beneath
slightly hairy, mixed with a few scattered scales; f r . linear-lanceolate, pinnated
; cordato-ovate, pinnatifid with few (6-7) broadly-ohovate, entire
lobes ; the inf. lobes distant.—f t / . Sp. 1. p . 64, and B r it. F . t .7 .
Hab. Similar in its distribution to the preceding.
cLît Uito few (3-7) short-rounded or snbcuneate, entire lo b e s .- f tr . Hh. bp.
p (3 4 ^ and in F l. B . Am . 2. t. 287.
resembles W. Ilvensis.
4. W. lanosa. I lk . ; f r . oblong pinnated, quite Y Ï lV L Î A / u T Î T sÆ
lonff feiTUginous hairs, mixed with very nairow, loogj^ Y f the rest as in
f r l m snbSordate, dentate or lobato-dentate, scarcely pinnatifid (the rest as in
W. hyperborea).
Hab N India; Mountains of Kamaoun ; alt. ^ -1 2 000k
S i x
very high degree.
§§ Physematium. Involucre larger than the sorus, not ciliated. Sp. 5-14.
6. W. mollis, J . Sm. ; f r . lanceolate pinnate, g i®7 !® / Lessut
cially beneath with soft jointed hairs, A A ® /nm L x iiS e o v S ^ ^
fro iJ a broader base, oblong, obtuse, pinnatifid ; £ c“ roffiaisnbrotuiid,
entire or crenate ; io n marginal ; ''‘f V? V -
m o u th .- f t / . S p . l . p . 60. Physematium, Kze. A n . I ter. t. 27. w . n a g ,
Liebm. , ra ■*
Hab Mexico- Guatemala, Salvm k Godman, «.128. Andes
Jamesm, UcLcan.—Oav now copious specimens quite resemble Kunze s figure ,
involucres are rarely so perfect as be figures them.
6. W . GuatemaUnsis, Hk. ; f r . a span to ft. 1., lanceolate, &-Y;“ ®„'Îè'
In-anaceous much attenuated a t the base with the lower pinnæ
glabrous oi’ villous ; pinnm from a broad base oblong, very obtuse, pinnatifi ,
Ultimate lobes oval, slightly crenato-serrate ; so n copious, siibmargmal ; znvo
“ t pale, globose, Spening irregularly a t the summit and very permanent m
tlia t form.—f t / . Sp. 1. / . 61. i. 21. A.
Hab. Guatemala {Salvin k Godman), Mexico W
Cumingiana, Kze., Hh. Sp. 1. p. 61, supposed to be from Chili ?
7. W. Cawcasica, J . Sm. ; f r . lanceolate, a span long, glandnloso-hirsute on
the rachises and costm, firm-memhranaceous, b ip in n a te ; prtm. pinnm sessile,
nearly opposite, lanceolate, broadest a t the base, acuminato-pmnatifid or again
ninnate frlobes or ult. pinnl. oblong, acute, serrate ; son large, 2 on each lobe or
pinnule, one on each side near the margm ; invol. globose membraiiaceons, lax,
kt first apparently entire with a central depression, a t length opening with a
contracted, depressed, irregular and somewhat 2-lohed mouth.—f t / . Sp. l . p . 62.
Hymenocystis, G. A . Meyer.
Hab. Rare ; rocky places in the Caucasus, alt. 1,000-6,000 ft.
8. W . elongata, H k . ; glanduloso-pilose, especially above ; f r . a span to 1ft. 1.,
oblong, pinnated ; pinnm ra th e r distant, alternate, sessile, from ahro ad ish base
oblong obtuse, pinnatifid not more th an half-way down ; lobes short, rounded
inciso-dentate, each bearing a soras (rarely more) on the lower anterior Yemlet,
near the sinus ; invol. lax, very membranaceous, globoee, soon bursting with an
irregular opening a t the apex.—f t / . Sp. l . p . 62. t. 21. C.
Hab. N. W. India, alt. 10,000 ft. ; Edgeworth, Strachey, k Thornton.