i ■
stem ; under surface nearly naked ; sori small, placed a t the base of the sinuses
, / f t , S p . 2. p . CO. t. 90. C.
Hab. Jamaica, Martinique, Venezuela, and banks of the Amazon,—Cumiim’a Philii).
pme plant, referred here in “ Species Filicum,” is Dicksonia Molnccana. °
0. II. hostilis, P re s l; st. 1-2 ft. I., erect, tomentose, sc abrous; fr. ample
quadripinnatifid ; lower pinnæ 0-12 in. 1., 4-0 in. hr., ovate-lanceohite ; pmn l
Jaiiceolate ; segm. J - J in. 1.; ¿ in. l>r., cut down nearly to the rachis tliroiiglioiit
into numerous Imear-oblong toothed ultimate divisions ; texture tliin ly herba
ceous ; rafinses tomentose ; sori very small, placed against the sinuses of the
ultimate divisions.—I lk . Sp. 2. p . 69.
Hab. Jamaica, Coaas Island, and Peru.—A more delicate plant than //. repens, with
siiTiller and more deeply divided ultimate lobes, in which respect, as well as iu oeneral
habit. It very closely resembles the South African II. anthriscifolia. °
Bcabrous;
/ . d -H in. I. 8-4 in. br., lanceolate, tripinnatifid ; largest pinnæ 2 in. 1 in
in-., lanceolate-deltoid, ciit down below to a narrowly-winged rachis, into
i”¥ 7 “'' qnnnules; to ia r a herbaceous ;
raohis scabrous and densely clothed with brown fiUforin sc a le s; co.tta aisé
Fièl“ t
Hab. New Granada ■ gathered by Mr. P u rd ie .- I give this and the six pi-cediiw
species with p-eat doubt as to how far they are distinct from one anotlier a l l with ^
suspicion tliat some of them at least, like other plants which have been placed iu Ilnm-
lepis, uill prove not rea ly distinct from Polypodium ruqulosum. With regard to tlie
1 resent one, for instance, Dr. Grisebach writes ( Hora Brit. West Indies, p. 67), ° Not to be
distinguished from P. rugulosum but by the specially transformed involdcral appendages
a id p.obably passiii^g into that widely-ranging species.” Sir W. Hooker has Lpreised
the same doubt with regard to II . chsfans ; and reference may be made also in èonnec
T / n L i i i“ tfie Floras of New Zealand and
8. II. parallelogramma. Ilk . ; st. 2-4 ft. strong, scabrous and prickly but
t o i T 6 <>'’in .?■ 10-20 ft._ 1., deltoid ; ? )à»æ 1-3 ft. 1., ovate-lanceo’late;
f lZ n o I )■’ Î ' “ «“ --lanoeolate, with mimerons lineiuthète
/ ¿ I P I t ’*1 “ nuato-deutate and have about
tiieir own bie,,vdto between them ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachises like the stipes •
sometimes f i to a segm., placed a t the sinuses.—/ft-. Sp. 2. ». 05. t 98 a ’
Cheilaiithss scabra, Karst. C. Radula, Kunze.
a r£ /!'n b G r® ' fro>" Guatemala southward to Brazil and Pern,—The sem
are much larger than in any of the preceding, more coriaoeous in texture with the
parallel for some distance and the point blunt, the veins beneath prominenr
9. II. millefolium, I lk . ; rhizome stout, wide-creeping ; si. about 6 in 1 erect
pale-brown, glo.ssy, scarcely scabrous; f r . 1 ft. oï n / è e I., 4^6 im br oyMe-
tiuin g u la i, quadripinnatifid; lower erecto-patent, 4-0 in 1 1 -2 ’in br ■
?)«»»/ ovate-de toid their sc^,». out diwn nearlv to"the / c h i s L t o ’s e v e ri s L l i
h é h ¿ ¿ ' ' ¿ r - r / surface of tlie frond sliglitly
^ with the Ultimate
t o i è ^ l i L ^ T r o ^ / r / 2 ft. k, strong, erect, dark chesnnt-brown.
into oblong blunt-toothed ultimate divisions; texture thinly herhaceous ; raehis
rigid, zizgag, dark-brown, tomentose, and tlie under surface of tlie frond hairy ;
sori very'small, placed iu the sides of the lobes of the segments or ultimate
divisions.—I lk . Sp. 2. p . 07.
Hab. Cape Colony, K a ffra ria , N a ta l, and Zambesi L a n d .—A w’ell-marked p lan t.
§§ Aspidotis, Nuttall. Fronds small, densely tufted. Sp. 11.
11. II. (Aspid.) Californica, i l k . ; si. densely tufted, about G in. 1., strong,
erect, brown, glossy ; f r . about 8 in. each way, deltoid, quadripinnatifid ; lower
pinnoe deltoid, \,\\o pinnl. of the lower side much larger than tlie others, cut down
to the, rachis into numerous segm., which are again very sharply cut nearly to
the centre; texture subcoriaceous; rachises iiakeil, glossy, d a rk-brown; sori
roimdisli, 2 to 0 to a segm., placed a t the base of the sinuses.—I lk . Sp. 2. p. 71.
t . 88. A.
Hab . California.—This has q u ite th e h a b it of th e more finely-divided coriaceous species
of Emlieilanthes {C. tenuifolia, &c.).
G e n . 25. C h e i l a n t h e s , Swartz.
Sori terminal or nearly so on the veins, a t first small, subglobose, afterwards
more or less confluent. Invol. formed from tlie changed reflexed margin,
roundish and distinct, or more or less coiivluent, but not quite continuous.
T.vb. I l l , f. 25. A. considerable genus, with many species extending beyond the-
tropics, the fronds mostly underafoot long, often under six inches, tri- or quadripinnatifid,
subcoriaeeous in texture. Veins free in all the species. A d i a n t o p s i s r . i
from Hypolepis in habit and the piosition o f the sori, and Eucheilanthes from
Pellæa and Pteris, hy its more or less interrupted involucres. I t is very difficult to
draw the line between Cheilanthes and Nothochlæiia, which is the corresponding
non-indusiate genus.
§ Adiantopsis, Fée. Involucres distinct, roundish, confined to the apex o f a single
veinlet. Sp. 1-13.
1. C. (Adiant.) monticola, Gardn. ; st. densely tufted, under 1 iu. 1., naked,
wiry, polished, blackish ; f r . 3-4 in. 1., J in. br., linear-laiiceoiate, simply
pinnate ; pinnæ J-d iu. 1., J in. br,, oblong, obtuse, auricled at the bass on the
up]ier side ; texture herbaceous ; rachis naked ; sori small, numerous, roundish.
—Gard. in I lk . Ic. F l. t. 477. Hypolepis Gardneri, I lk . Sp. 2. p . 74. t. 92. B.
H ab . Braz il, province o f Goyaz ; discovered by M r. G a rd n e r.—T h e only simply p in n a te
species of th e subgenus.
2. C. (Adiant.) pteroides, Swz. ; st. 6-12 in. 1., strong, erect, polished, dark
chesnnt-brown, naked ; f r . 12-18 in. 1., 6-9 in. br., deltoid, tripinnate, u jip c rp a rt
siinjily pinnate, lower with several opposite pairs of wiry erecto-patent branches
growing gradually larger downivards, the lowest often again branched ; segm.
j - f in. 1., J - | in. br., oblong, entire, broadly rounded a t both ends, sessile ;
texture subcoriaceous ; rachis polished, naked, both surfaces naked ; sori small,
roundish, distinct but contiguous.—I lk . Sp. 2 .p . 80. t. 101. A.
H ab . Cape Colony, on mountains from 1-3 ,0 0 0 ft., an d found also in J a v a .—Closely
resembles in h a b it some o f th e Platylomoe.
3. C. (Adiant.) regularis, Mett. ; st. 0-9 in. li, densely clothed with fe rru ginous
hairs ; f r . 6-8 in. 1., lanceolate-oblong, bipinnate ; pinnæ spreading from
the rachis at right angles, the lowest 2 in. 1., oblong-obtuse ; pinnl. 4-6 lin. 1.,
stalked, oblong-ihoniboidal, cuneate at the base below, truncate or auricled