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beneath, segments larger and flatter than in Physapteris. Spf 14-35.
* Stipe scaly throughout, or more or less tomentose, Sj). 14-24.
14. C. micropteris, Swartz ; st. densely cæspitose, wiry, erect, tomentose,
densely clothed with iibrillose iight-brown scales at the base ; f r . 3-4 in. 1.,
2-3 lin. hr., simply pinnate ; pinnae l - \ \ lin. hr., ovate or roundish, crenate at
the base, deeply lobed, the outer surface convex, pubescent ; texture sul)-
coriaceous ; rachis wiry, tomentose like tlie stipe ; sori roimdish, 3 to 5 to each
pinna.—III:. Sp. 2. p. 76.
Hab. Tropical America, from Ecuador southward to Peru and tbe Argentine territory.
—The extreme forms of this and C. Mattkewsii look very different ; but upon view of the
set of the Hookerian specimens, it seems doubtful whether they are really distinct.
15. C. Matthewsii, Kunze ; rhizome stout, creeping, densely clothed with
linear-lanceolate dark-lirown scales ; st. numerous, alniost tufted, strong, erect,
wiry, densely puheseent ; f r . 4-12 in. ]., 1-2 in. hr., linear-lanceolate, h i-o r
tripinnatifid ; pirinae J-1 in. ]., numerous, deltoid, mucli upcurled aud incurved,
cut down to the rachis below into linear-olilong, crenate or pinnatifid ??«»!*/;
rachis stout, rigid, densely tomentose ; texture subcoriaceous ; sori numerous ;
invol. roundish, slightly confluent.—I lk . Sp. 2. p. 91. C. fasciculata, Goldm.
Hab. Andes of Bolivia and Pern.—C. pruinata, Kaulf., appears to be the oldest name,
but the plant is not at all pruinate. The pinnules have the margins so much incurved,
that it gives them the beaded habit of those of Eugleichenia.
16. C. fragrans, Webb & Berth, (non Swartz) ; st. cæspitose, rviry, 1-3 in. 1.,
densely clothed witli reddish-brown linear scales ; f r . 2-3 in. 1., about 1 in. br.,
ovate-acuminate, bi- or tripinnatifid ; pinnæ ojiposite, J - j iu. 1., J-§ in. br.,
deltoid, cut down to the rachis below into several sinuato-piniiatifid linear-
ohlong lobes; texture subcoriaceous; raehis jiolished but slightly scaly, both-
surfaces green and naked ; sori small, copious ; invol. light-hrovvii, membranous,
toothed.—I lk . Sp. 2. 81. Polypodium fragrans, L in n . Mant. C. odora and
suaveolens, Swartz. C. maderensis, Lowe.
Hab. South of France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Gan.aries, Madeira, Algeria,
Syria, Afghanistan, and N. W. Himalayas at 5,000 ft. ; and I cannot point out any good
distinctive char.acter for the South American 0, andina (Hk. Sp. 2. p. 115), gathered by
Mr. Maclean on the Peruvian Andes. Mettenius retains 0. maderensis as distinct from
the common S. European form.
17. C. arabica, Decaisne ; st. tufted, 1-3 in. 1., wiry, erect, da rk chesnut'
brown, fibrillose and tomentose ; f r . 2-3 in. 1., 1 -lJ in. br., lanceolate-deltoid, bi-
or tripinnatifid ; pinnæ opposite, tiie lowest J - J in. 1., cut down to the rachis into
numerous linear-oblong segm., or slightly again branched at the base ; texture
subcoriaceous ; rachis chesiiut-lirown, fibrillose, upper surface naked, lower
slightly h a iiy ; sori copious.—Kunze, Linnæa, 23. p . 207. Mett. Gheil. p . 50.
Hab. Abyssinia, Schimper, 1431.—Q. coriaeea, Dec. (Hk. Sp. 2. p. 109), from Arabia,
appears to be either this or very closely allied. This comes very near Ù. pulehella, but
is smaller in size, with a distinctly tomentose stipe and rachis. The ultimate segments
are longer and narrower, aud the involucre more continuous than in 0. fragrans.
18. C. vestita, Sw’a rtz (non Hook.) ; st. tufted, 2-4 in. ]., wiry, polished’
chesnut-brown, slightly tomentose, fibrillose ; f r . 4-8 in. lJ -2 in. hr., ovate-
lanceolate, tripinnatifid ; lower p innoe distant, opposite, J - | in. 1,, in. br.
lanceolate-deltoid, cut down to the rachis into several oiAong pinnl. on each side
the largest of whicli are quite j in. 1., J in. hr., cut down nearly or quite to the
racliis below ; texture subcoriaceous, upper surface nearly naked, lower only
slightly hairy, not densely matted ; raehis thinly tomentose ; sori copious.—
Gray, Manual, p . 592.
H ab . Delaware an d Pen n sy lv an ia so u thw ard to N ew C a ro lin a .—This is n o t described
in th e “ Species F ilicum ,” th e C. vestita th e re given bein g o u r 0. lanuginosa. W e owe
th e unravelling of tb e synonymy to Prof. E a to n , who has a scertain ed , tiirougli th e in te rvention
ot M. N au d in , th a t this is th e Nephrodium lanosum of Miohaux’s H e rb a rium .
19. C. pilosa, Goldm. ; st. tufted, 2-4 in. 1., flexuose, da rk cliesmit-brown,
pilose, brittle ; f r . 6-12 in. ]., l |- 2 in. br., liuear-oblong, tripinnatifid ; lowcr
pinnæ distant, |-1 iu. 1., deltoid, cut down to the rachis below into ohlong
pinnl., 3-4 lin. 1., 2 lin. hr., deeply lohato-pinnatifid ; texture herbaceous ;
rachises and both surfaces glaiidulose-pilose ; sori copious, slightly confluent.—
C. MacLeanii, I lk . Sp. 2. p . 98. t. ] 10. B.
H.ab. A n d es o f P e ru .—This comes n e a re st tb e tru e C. vestita, b u t is very flaccid in
h ab it, la rg e r, and more hairy.
20. C. micropliylla, Swartz ; rhizome slightly creeping ; si. 2-6 in. 1., wiry,
flexuose, polished, dark chesnut-hrown, tomentose below when young ; f r .
3-9 in. ]., 2-8 in. hr., ovate-lanceolate, hi- or trijiinnatifid ; j>innæ in numerous
nearly opposite pairs, the lowest 1-2 in. L, J - f in. hr., lanceolate or tending
towards deltoid ; pinnl. linear-oblong, entire or subdeltoid, and cut down to the
rachis below ; texture subcoriaceous ; raehis usually naked ; hotli surfaces green
and glabrous ; sori roundish or elongated ; invol. narrow, pale.—/ / / . »Sp, 2. ?>.f84.
t. 98. A. C. elongata, Willd. I lk . I. c. p. 86. C. pygmica, Klotzch, I lk . I. c.
p>. 88.—/3, G. puheseens, IL B. K. ; rachis tomentose, both surfaces of the frond
pubescent. I lk . Sp. 2. p . 93.— C. mieromera, L in k ; pinnæ numerous, close,
spreading, pinnules ovate-obloug, entire or nearly so ; invol. subcontiniious. C.
aspidioiiies, Fée.—5, G. Moritziana, Kunze ; whole plant larger ; p innl. often
-J in. 1., cut down nearly to tlie racliis for the lower two-thirds into oblong segm.
—U k . Sp. 2. p . 85. t. 99. B.
H a b . Tropical America, from k lex ico an d th e W e st In d ie s southward to P e ru ,—A very
v ariab le p lan t, an d it is to be feared th a t C. Tweediana, H o o k ., C. ohtusaia, P re s l, and
O. eucuUans, F ée, m u st also ran k here.
21. C. Mysurensis, Wallich ; st. densely tufted, very short, wiry, dark cliesnut-
brown, polished, fibrillose below when y o u n g ; f r . 3-12 iu. i., lJ -3 in. br.,
ovate-lanceolate, tripinnatifid ; pinnæ numerous, tlie lowest opposite, |- 1 J in. 1.,
lanceolate-deltoid, cut down to the raciiis into numerous linear-oblong inciso-
pinnatifid p in n l.; texture herbaceous when young, subcoriaceous wiien mature ;
raehis polished, cliesnut-brown, slightly fibrillose, both surfaces naked ; sori
small, roundish, distinct or slightly confluent.—I lk . Sp. 2. p. 94. t. 100. A.
C. Chusana, I lk . Sp. 2. p . 96. t. 106.'B.
H ab . A b u n d a n t in Tropical H in d o s tán , b u t n o t kn ow n in tb e Him.alayas. F o u n d
also in Ceylon, W e st China, an d a t Canton an d Chusan, an d g a th e red la te ly by M r.
Oldham in J a p a n .—I t resembles G. microphylla very closely, b u t th e s tip e is sh o rte r an d
more scaly.
22. C. fragilis, Ilk . ; st. densely tufted, not more th an 1-2 in. 1., strong,
erect, tomentose and fibrillose ; f r . 6-12 in. L, 2-4 in. br., ovate-lanceolate,
bipinnatifid ; pinnæ numerous, alternate, the lowest 1-2 in. apart, 1-2 in. 1,,
5 in. hr., oblong-lanceolate, cut down to the rachis below into numerous linear-
oblong, blunt, sinuato-crenated lohes ; texture herbaceous ; rachises hright-hrovvn,
tomentose, both surfaces green and naked except the midrib beneath ; sori
small, roundish or snhcontiimous ; invol. pale-brown, membranaceous.—H k . Fil,
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