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9. S, xjctp.E a t. ;, y fr / .• cfc a ojftinxa span long, subcoviaceo------------------ merabranaceous,- ,, opaque,
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laiiceolato-pinnate, sparsely _____ 1 „ *subulato- squamulose .; pinnoe aniaisnf» r> patent,î j f fm + O approximate,Î I n v i i v îm f l f .D .
sessile G-8 in. 1., lanceolate, acute, cuneato-truncate a t the base, acutely auricled
a t th e ’superior base, entire or obsoletely crenate a t the apex, indistinctly costate,
veins immersed, simple or forked ; sori marginal in a distinct line or series ;
globose, of 4-6 concave, ciliated, incurved scales, strongly ciliated. - I l k . find Lent,
o f F. t. 2 .- /3 . VeitcUi; f r . very villous. B k . Gard. F . t. 32. / . 1. 2. 4 <3.—
y. sinuata ; pinnæ broader, more obtuse, lobato-pinnatifid. i l k , 1. c. U ó ^ .j . S.
Hab. a. and ¡3. Japan, Eaton & Wilford.—y. Manchuria, a. Ta-lieu-kwan, Yellow
Sea, China, Birnie,
10. W. MancMriensis, H k . ; f r . 6-8 in. th in , memhranaceoiis, oblong-
lanceolate, acuminate, pinnated ; p innæ sessile, 1 in. or more 1., ra th e r remote,
ohlong-ohtuse, pinnatifid ; lobes oblique, patent, ovate, obtuse, entire or siiglitly
sinuate, unisorous ; veins pinnated in each lobe, lower superior vein soriferous ;
invol. globose, th in , membranaceous, a t length opening with a toothed edge to the
contracted mouth.—H k . 2nd Cent, of F . t. 98.
Hab. Manchuria, Wilford.
11. W. Burgessiana, Gerr. mst. ; f r . 6 in. 1., 2 in. w., lanceolate, glandulose-
pubescent, membranaceous, flaccid, pinnated ; pinnæ sessile, from a broad trun-
cated base, oblong, pinnatifid ; lohes broad, subtruncated, toothed a t Uie apex ;
scyri small, ra th e r sparse, submarginal ; invol. th in , membranaceous, depressed-
hemispherical, sublobate (apparently from the long_ capsules within), opening
irregularly a t the apex, persistent, a t length breaking down into a very irreg
ula r margin.
Hab. Tugela K., Natal, Gerrm'd, McKen.
12 W . ohtusa, H k . ; f r . 6-10 in. 1., broad-lanceolate, glabrous or minutely
glanduloso-pilose, firm membranaceous, pinnate or bipinn. ; p nm . pinnoe remote,
subopposite, slightly petiolate, deltoideo-ovate, attenuated, obtuse, deeply pimia-
tifid, or the lower h a lf again p in n a te ; lobes o\ pinnl. oval-oblong, toothed or
inciso-lobulate ; sori submarginal, one to each lobe or lobule; very Uiin
and fragile, soon breaking down into irregular or laciniated lobes.—H k . bp. l . p.
63 and Gard. F . t. 43.—W . P e rriniana, H k , & Gr. Ic. Fil. t. 68. /3. Lyallii;
piAnl. and lobes smaller, bright green.—y. andina; smaller and more coriaceous.
Hab N Mexico : V . States, to the Rocky Mountains. (3. Brit. N. W. Am., Lyall.
y. S. Am., especially on the Andes.—I am a little doubtful about some of the S. Am.
specimens, which I refer here, and which are smaller and more robust, and rarely, if at
all, bipinnate ; especially a “ W. crenata and W. canescens,” of Mandón, from Bolivia,
alt 2 700-8,800 mètres, “ Cistopteris vestita, Rr.,” from Brazil, and an unnamed plant irom
Venezuela, Funck & Schlim, n. 981 the peculiarities may, however, arise from great
elevation or other circumstances.
13. W . incisa. Gill. ; f r . broad-lanceolate, minutely glanduloso-pilose pinnated ;
pinnæ approximate, subopposite, sessile, oblong, obtusely attenuated, deeply
pinnatifid, or sometimes again pinnate ; lobes or pm n l. pmnatifidly lobed and
toothed or incised, with obtuse te e th ; sorus solitary on each lobule near the
sinus; invol. glabrous, very th in and fragile, soon breaking down into spreadmg
lobes.—f t / . <1 Gr. Ic. F . t. 191. f t / . Sp. F . 1. / . 63. Physematium, Kze.
Cheilanthes crenata, Kze. H k . Sp. F . 2. p . 86.
Hab. Argentine Eepublio, Mendoza, San Luis Cordova, and Villavincenzia.
14 W. Peruviana, H k . ; f r . oblong-lanceolate, piloso-glandulose, bipinnate ;
prim, pinnæ nearly opposite, remote, sessile, o v a t o - a c u m i n a t e ^ ^ o p p o s i t e i/ft. x/i'/t'/t'to 11CCVJ.4V ......... ----- , - - 1 , .1 1 • *
rare ly alternate, oblong, obtuse, sessile and decurrent, so th a t the raclus is
winged,‘ somewhat pinnatifid with shallow bicuspidate Zoto ; sorus solitary in
AnL'^of Perm'-Perhaps too near some of the Andine forms of ff. oitusa.
G en. 12. S p i i i e r o p t e r i s , Wall.
vertically into 2 spreading lobes or lips. T ab. I . f. 12.
1. S. barbata, Wall. P I. Asiat. lia r . 1. Z. 18. f t / , ft/- H / • 58. Peranema,
Nepal, Sikhim, Khasya m - f - f i n d
Beddome.-Fr. 2-8 ft, 1„ tripinnate. Pmnl. oblong, deeply pinnatifid.
Gen. 13. Dicksonia, L 'H e r it.
X Cibotium, K a u lf.—Involuere distinctly 2-valved, the outer valve coriaceous,
distinct from the substance o f the frond. Sp. 1-5.
1 D (Cibotium-) glauca. Sm ith ; a rb o re s c e n t;/- , bipinnate, ovate-lanceokte
19 18 in 1 0-9 in. br. ; pinnl. linear-acuminate, out quite down to the lachis
th ¡ lo re r iiart ; Zo5.. lin£r-oblong, subfalcate ; tex tu re subcoriaceous ; surface
naked on b k h sides, glaucous b en e a th ; veins p rom in e n t; la te fil vczns of tlie
S m e n t e onc‘e or tLic'e forced ; aori 2 to 12 to a lobe, inner valve oblong, n a i-
rower th an the outer.—f t / . Sp. Fil. 1. p . 82. t. 29. A.
Hab. Oahu, Sandwich Islands, discovered by Menzics eighty years ago.
2 D {Cibotium) Barmnctz, Link ; arborescent ; f r . bipinnate ; lower p vm æ
ovate-Imiceolate, 1-2 ft. 1., 6-12 in. br. ¿ ¿ I t a u L 'b l s ” ■
a short distance of the rachis above, and sometimes quite down to it at the bas.
seqm linear-oblong, acute, subfalcate ; texture subcoriaceous ; uppei ^ ' £ “ 7
naked s h i n i n g , lower glaucous, sometimes furfuraceous ; vems p rom in e n t, latmal
veins of the se»raents rarely forked ; sori 2 to 12 to a lobe, the valves nearly equal,
traiisverselv oblong.—C. glancescens, f t / . Sp. Fil. 1. p . 82. C. Assamicuin,
/ / / . Sp. F il. l . p . 83. t. 29. B.
Hab. Assam, S. China, Malayan Peninsula and Islands.
3. D. {Cibotium) Menziesii ; arborescent ; f r . biplnnate ; lower pinnæ 12-18
ill 1 6-9 br. : pinnl. linear-acuminate, cut down usually not inore th an halt-ivay
to thè rachis {lobes rounded, blu n t ; texture subcoriaceous ; surfoce naked on both
sides, not glaucous beneath ; veins prominent ; ZaferaZmîis of the segments simple
or forked • sori 2 to 8, rows with a broad space between them ; inner valve nai*
rower than the outer, oblong.—f t / . Sp. F il. 1. p. 84. t. 29. C.
Hah. Oahu and Honolulu, Sandwich Islands.
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