28. LLAVEA. 29. CRYPTOGRAMME. 30. PELLÆA.
and fertile frond ; texture herbaceous or, when mature, subcoriaceous ; rachis and
both surfaces naked ; invol. pale, membranaceous ; sori brown.—H h . Sp. 2. p.
122. 0 . lucidum, Spreng. H k . Sp. 2. p . 121.
Hab. Japan, China, North of India (ascending in Sikkim to 9-10,000 ft.), Java.—The
plant common iu Japan does not differ from the ordinary Himalayan form. 0. Capense,
Kunze, seems to be this reported from South Africa by mistake.
Gen. 28. L lavea, Lagas.
Sori linear, occupying the wliole length of the changed pod-like segments of
the upper pa rt of the frond. Invol. the same shape, rolled over and qnite concealing
them. T ab. H I . f. 28.
1. L. cordifolia, Lagasca ; st. 1 ft. 1., strong, erect, naked, straw-coloured,
fibrillose towards the base ; f r . 1-2 ft. 1., 6-12 in. br., tripinnate, the lower part
sterile with stalked ovate segm. 1J-2 in. 1., J - f in. hr., the fertile segments of the
upper p a rt pod-like, lJ - 3 in. 1.; texture subcoriaceous; both surfaces n ak ed ;
veins prominent.—H k . Sp. 2. p . 126. Ic. P I. t. 387-8. Ceratodactylis, J . Sm.
Mett.
Hab. Mexico, ascending to 7,500 ft.
Gen. 29.—C r y p t o g r a m m e , R . B r .
Sterile and fertile fronds usua lly different from tho same i-oot; so « terminal
on the veins, a t first separate, subglobose, afterwards confluent, the continuous
invol. formed of the changed margin of the frond, rolled over them till full
m a tu rity . T ab. I I I . f. 29. This and Llavea differ from P e lls a § Allosorus
rather in the dimorphic fro n d s than in anything else.
1. C. crispa, R. Br. ; st. tufted, straw-coloured, polished, brownish, and
slightly scaly towards the base ; f r . 2-4 in. I., lJ -2 in. br., oblong, tr i- or
quadripinnatifid ; ult. segm. of the barren frond obovate-cuneate, deeply pinnatifid,
those of tlie fertile frond pod-shaped, J - f in. 1. ; texture thickly
lierbaceous, both surfaces naked.—/3, G. Brunoniana, Wa ll. ; habit of a, but the
fertile segments oblong, about 3 lin. I., 1 lin. br., with the invol. spreading in the
mature plant and a space left free from fru it in the centre.—H k . S; Gr. t. 168.—
y, G. acrostichoides, R. Bi-. ; habit larger and stronger, barren segments thicker
in tex tu re and more prominently veined and not so deeply cut, the fertile ones
f in. or even J in. 1., 1 lin. br., the invol. spreading when mature.—Hk . S Gr.
« 2 9 . Hk. S p .2 . p . 139.
Hab. a, Arctic Europe to Lake Baikal, Mount Olympus in Bitbynia, Etruria and
Sierra Nevada ; /3, Himalayas, at 10-15,000 ft. ; y, N. W. America, from Sitka and the
Arctic regions southward to Lake Superior, Oregon, and California.
Genus SO. P ellaia. l i n k . Hooker.
Sori intramarginal, terminal on tbe veins, a t first dotlike or decurrent on the
veins, b u t soon running into a line. Invol. formed of the more or less changed
edge of the frond, quite continuous, sometimes very narrow. A llied to
Cheilanthes in habit o f growth and geographical distribution, differing by the continuous
involucre. Veins free in all the species except the last two. T ab. I I I . f, 30.
8 Chelloplecton, F'ee extens.
■clearly visible, the involucre broad,
UU fu ll maturity. Sp. 1-11.
herhaceous or subcoriaceous, and
most o f the species rolled over the
Fronds Sp. 1-4.
1 P . mriculata, L in k ; rf. tufted, 2-3 in. 1.,
«licbtlv scalv • fr. 3-9 in. L, 1 - lJ in. br., linear-lanceolate, with 12 to 18 la th e r
S n i f t l oe ’orx each side, ’w h ic ï are slightly stalked and broader -
than in the fertile frond, and vary in shape from lanceolate-oblong and entire, to
W c t e d L one m- both’sides at t i e base,"or cut down neariy *«
lower pa rt into oblong lobes ; texture herbaceous ; rachis^ and *>«“ J " ™ “ ®
naked • invol. similar in colour and texture to the frond, broad and much
wrinkled.—f t / . Sp. 2. p . 140. f t / . £ Gr. le. « 116.
Hab. Cape Colony.
2. P. Breweri, E aton ; St. tufted, densely fibrillose a t the base, 2-3 ^
poT/ied, chesniît-brown, nearly naked ; / « 2-3 in. 1., « "d e r 1 m. £ r., Imeai-
S T o w T L S ’cfefrdowrth^^^^^^^^^^ nearly 3 t h e base
into t’wo unequal halves, of which the lowest is
-as the u p p e r pinnæ, and not toothed or further divided, the largest liait anout
J in 1 I in. br. ; texture thick, but scarcely coriaceous; rachts naked, P o l i ^ d
filre ü i e / t ip e ; both surfaces pale-green, naked ; in - n tm u o u s maigina
lines ; ¿«no« broad, pale, membi-anous.-Faton, Proc. Am. A c . A r t. iy Sc. vol. b.
p . 666.
Hab. California ; gathered by Messrs. Brewer aud Hillebrand -V e ry near P. aumcu-
iata, but the cutting ofthe pinnæ is different, and also the venation.
8 P Seemanni. H k . ; st. tufted, 1-2 in. 1., slender, wiry, naked sligbtly scaly
' t tiie base • fr 3-4 in. 1., 1-2 in. br., deltoid-oblong, bipinnatifid ; lower pmnæ
L t more ?lia{ 1 im “ laèceolate-deltèid, cu t down to the rachis below into a few
broad oblon»- blunt slightly-lobed ??««»/ ; raehis and both surfaces naked , Uxlure
S a c e ^ s Y b u t t t e vL a tio n s c a /e ly v isib le ; invol narrow, membranous.-
f t / . 2.??. 141. « 117. B.
Hab. Mazatlan, Mexico ; gathered by Dr. Seemann.-Very like P. aumcuUta m habit,
■differing by its finer venation and narrower involucre.
4 P .n ra cü u , H k . ; rf. scattered, slender, 2-3 in.
uale-bro\vn polished ; f r . 2-4 in. 1., 1-2 in. br., ovate, bi- or tripinnatifid , pmnæ
d c e r i S e l t o i d , 1-2 in. 1., cut down to tb^xacHxa -, lower p in n l sometimes again
slightly divided ; ult. segm. of the barren frond obovate, slightly crenate, of the
fertile one linear-oblong, terminal one much larger th an the o tte rs ; texfire
thinly herbaceous and flaccid ; rachis and both surfaces naked ; veins visible ,
‘ 9« broad, continuous, membranous.—f t / . Sp. 2. p . 138. t. 133. B.
■iToV, Cniinila to Wisconsin, rare ; Himalayas ot Tibet and N. India at 9-10,000 ft.
This has been confounded with Cryptogramme a-ispa, hut is not tufted, and is much more
delicate in texture.
Frond Sp. 5-11.
under side, t t e lower surface densely pilose, and the midiib scaly like the s tip e .
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