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Hab. Limestone rocks near Moulmein, Malayan Peninsula; discovered by tbe Rev.
C. S. Parish.—A larger plant than O. Mymrmm, but very doubtfully distinct.—From the
Ceylonese O. laxa, Moore, it differs mainly by its tomentose racliis.
23. C. Mrta, Swartz; st. tufted, 2 A in . l . , strong, erect, densely coated with
spreading bright reddish-brown woolly hairs ; f r . 4-12 in. 1., 2-5 in. br., ovate-
lanceolate, tripinnatihd ; pinnoe opposite, spreading from the main rachis at
right angles, lanceolate, 1-3 in. 1., cut down to the rachis into numerous oblong
pin n l. which are scarcely more tlian ¿ in. 1., and again inciso-pinnatihd ; texture
subcoriaceous ; rachis and both surfaces more or less tomentose ; margin of the
segm. much incurved ; sori copious.— Sp. 2. p . 92. t. 101. B. — G. parmloba,
Swz. ; rachis and surfaces less tomentose ; pinnoe shorter, with the segm. and apex
sliglitl}' divided and convolute.—H k . Sp. I. c.
Hab. Cape Colony northward on the east to Natal, on the west to Angola.—There is a
specimen from Java from Dr. Blume in the Hookerian Herbarium, and Mr. Moore gives
it as Chinese. Our a varies much in size and hairiness, and includes three species of
Fée; viz., his Cheilanthes olivácea (a large form, with the margin of the segm. less incurved)
and his Myviopteris contracta and intermedia. I t might as suitably be placed in Physa-
■? as here. C. glandulosa, Pappe and Rawson, is said to be closely allied.
24. C. viscosa, Kaulf. ; st. tufted, 4-0 in. 1., strong, erect, wiry, da rk chesnut-
hrown, polished, pubescent ; f r . 4-G in. each way, deltoid, tri- or quadripinnatifid
; pinnoe in pairs, the lowest much the largest ; pinnl. of the lower side
larger th an the others, sometimes l-J-2 in. 1., lanceolate, with narrow linear-
ohlong segm., which are again cut down to the rachis into small headed ultimate
divisions ; texture herbaceous in the barren frond, subcoriaceous in the fertile one
when mature ; rachises pubescent, like the stipe, both surfaces pilose ; sori more
or less confluent.—H k , Sp. 2. p . 105. t. 93. B.
Hab. New Mexico southward to Venezuela.—Easily distinguished from its allies by
the deltoid outline of tlie frond. C. leucopoda, Link, is an allied Mexican plant, said to
have a straw-coloured stipe and smaller fronds, and C. tenuis, Presl, another allied Mexican
plant which I have not seen. From Allosorus hirsutus, Presl, this differs by its hairy
stipes and rachis and Cheilanthoid involucre.
Stipe not hairy and slightly scaly only towards the base. Sp. 25-35.
25. C. hispánica, Metten. ; st. cæspitose, wiry, naked, da rk chesnut-brown,
polished, 2-3 in. 1., with a dense tu ft of wiry linear-filiform dark chesnut-hrown
scales a t the base ; f r . 1-1¿ in. h, j in. br., deltoid, bi- or tripinnatifid ; pinnce in
' opposite pairs, the lowest the largest, oblong or again branched on the lower
side ; segm. roundish-oblong, crenate ; texture coriaceous ; rachis polished, upper
surface green, naked, under brown, tomentose ; sori small, copious.—i/éííé«.
Gheil. p . 30.
Hab, Rocks on the banks of the Mondego, near Coimbra, Portugal, Welwitsch ; Spain,
fide Mettenius.
26. C. pidchella, Bory ; st. densely tufted, 3-9 in. h, strong, erect, dark
chesnut-brown, polished, slightly fibrillose below ; f r . 3-12 in. Í., 2-4 in. br.,
ovate-lanceolate or deltoid, tripinnate ; lower pinnoe opposite, subdeltoid,
2-3 in. 1., 1-1¿ in. br. ; p innl. lanceolate, cut down to the rachis into numerous
linear-ohlong segm.; texture subcoriaceous; rachis and both surfaces naked;
sori copious.—H k . Sp. 2. p . 109. t. 94. A.
Hab. Madeira and the Canaries.—The Abyssinian plant placed here in Species
Filicum” is C. coriacea.
27. C. varians, H k . ; st. densely tufted, 2-6 in. 1., chesnut-brown, polished
b u t ra th e r slender and brittle, fibrillose below ; / r . 6-9 in. L, 1\~2 in. hr., lanceolate,
bipinnatifid _; pinnoe in numerous pairs, the lower ones opposite, often
l-|-2 in. apart, 1-1^ in. L, | in. br., deltoid acuminate, cut down to the rachis in
the lower p a rt into oblong or linear-oblong entire or slightly toothed lobes ;
texture herbaceous ; rachis like the stipe, both surfaces naked ; sori copious,
continuous ; invol. narrow, membranaceous.—H k . Sp. 2. 89. t, 93. A. C.
Malaccensis, Fee.
Hab. Himalayas, ascending to 2-3,000 ft., Malayan Peninsula, Luzon, S. China.
28. C. subviUosa, Hk, ; st. densely tufted, 2-4 in. 1., polished, naked, bright
chesnut-brown, rather brittle, clothed with lanceolate acuminate scales -below ;
f r . 6-12 in. 1., 2-3 in, br,, ovate-lanceolate, tripinnatifid ; pinnoe in numerous
pairs, the lower ones distant, in. 1., more th an 1 in. br., deltoid ; p innl. on
the lower side the largest, sometimes 1 in. 1., oblong-lanceolate, cut down to
the racliis below into oblong lobes ; texture herbaceous ; rachis bright chesnut-
brown, slightly pubescent, upper surface naked, lower villose, especially on the
costa ; sori copious ; invcd. greenish.—H k . Sp. 2. p. 87. t. 98. B.
Hab. Pabur Valley and Simla, Himalayas ; gathered by Mr. Edgeworth.—This species
and C. DaUiousios differ from all the rest of the subgenus in their broader segments and
more herbaceous texture, in which they agree with Adiantopsis Capensis and Kirkii.
29. C. Dalhousioe, Hk. ; st. densely tufted, 3-6 in, 1., wiry, polished, dark
cliesnut-brown, when young clothed with linear scales ; f r . 6-12 in, 1., 3-4 in, hr,,
ovate-lanceolate or subdeltoid, tripinnatifid ; p innoe in numerous opposite pairs,
tlie lowest 2-3 in. J,, 1-1¿ in. br. ; pinnl. on the lowest side the largest,
sometimes 1 in. J,, linear-oblong, blunt, deeply sinuato-pinnatifid ; texture
herbaceous ; rachis and costa naked and glossy like the stipe, both surfaces
n a k e d ; soi'i numerous, r-oundish, small.—H k . Sp. 2, p . 80.
Hab. North of Hindostán, ascending in the Himalayas to 10,000 ft.—This occasionally
shows a tendency to become farinose beneath. The involucres, though often crowded,
are very slightly confluent.
30. C, allosuroides, Metten. ; tufted, densely fibrillose a t the base, 2-3 in. I.,
wiry, erect, chesnut-brown, polished ; f r . 4-6 in. 1., 2 in. br., ovate-lanceolate,
bipinnatifid ; pinnoe alternate, about 1 in. I., ¿ in. br., lanceolate, cut down to
the rachis into several ovate-acute pinnl., wliich are cuneate a t the base and
slightly lobed below ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis like the stipe, slightly hairy
above when young, glabrous when mature ; invol. narrow, greenish, nearly continuous.—
Aiett. Gheil. p . 82.
Hab. Mexico.—Our description is taken from specimens gathered by Schaffner. I t
comes nearest C. Sieberi in habit, but is less rigid, and the involucre is more continuous.
31. C. Sieberi, Kunze ; st. densely tufted, 3-0 in. 1., strong, wiry, polished,
d a rk cliesnut-brown, fibrillose towards the base ; f r . 3-6 in. I., 1 - lJ in. hr.,
oblong-acuminate, tripinnatifid ; pinnoe in pairs, the lowest often distant, im
L, in. br., deltoid, with several opposite oblong-deltoid pinnl., which are
cut down to the rachis in the lower p a r t; subcoriaceous ; rachis wiry,
naked, polished, both surfaces naked ; invol. small, narrow, uale-brown, roundish
and separate, or c o m b i n e d . Sp. 2. p . 88. t. 97. B. C. Preissiana, Kunze.
Hk. Sp. 2. p . 83.
Hab. Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Isle of Pines.—Species 31 to 35 form a
group of very closely allied plants,
32. C. hidlata, K u n z e ; st, densely tufred, 4-8 in. L, dark chesnut-brown,
polished, wiry, slightly tomentose below, and clothed with lanceolate scales; f r .
6-9 in. 1., 2-3 in. hr., ovate-lanceolate, tripinnatifid ; pinnoe in numerous opposite
pairs, the lower ones 1 -H in. apart, in, 1., |-1 in. br., lanceolate or sul>
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