616 FILICES. 
Myriopteris elegans, Fourn. Mex. Pl. Enum. i. p. 125. 
Cheilanthes paleacea, Mart. et Gal. Foug. Mex. p. 76, t. 21. fig. 2. 
Norta Mexico, Escobrillos Mountains, Morales and San Miguelito Mountains, San 
Luis Potosi (Parry & Palmer, 987, 988 ; Schaffner, 912, 915, 916), San Luis Potosi 
(Virlet @ Aoust); Sour Mexico, around Mexico (Schmitz), Oaxaca (Andrieux, 44), 
Pedregal (Bourgeau, 256), near Chapultepec (Schaffner), Misteca Alta at 7500 feet, and 
Barranca de Guadalupe (Galeotti, 6381, 6437); GuaTeMaLa, Quezaltenango (Godman & 
Salvin).—Southward to Perv and Cuiui, and in the NEILGHERRIES. Hb. Kew. 
[ Plecosorus peruvianus, Fée, Gen. Fil. p. 151, a plant apparently not taken up in the 
‘Synopsis Filicum,’ is recorded from Mexico by Fournier. | 
17. Cheilanthes radiata, J. Sm. in Hook. Jour. Bot. iv. p. 159; Hook. et 
Bak. Syn. Fil. p. 132; Mett. Cheil. p. 42. 
Adiantopsis radiata, Fée, Gen. Fil. p. 145 ; Fourn. Mex. Pl. Enum. i. p. 126. 
Adiantum radiatum, Linn. ; Ch. et Schl. in Linnea, v. p. 615; Mart. et Gal. Foug. Mex. p. 69; 
Liebm. Mexicos Bregner, p. 112. 
Hypolepis radiata, Hook. Sp. Fil. ui. p. 72, t. 91a. 
SoutH Mexico, Jalapa 3000 feet (Galeotti, 6400), on the Rio Nantla, Vera Cruz 
(Liebmann), Mirador (Sartorius), Amatlan in the valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 2227), 
Hacienda de la Laguna (Schiede & Deppe); Guatemata, Retalhuleu (Bernoulli & Cario, 
376), Motagua valley (Godman & Salvin); Nicaracua, Chontales (Seemann, 198).— 
West Inpies to Perv and Rio Janerro. Hb. Kew. 
18. Cheilanthes scariosa, Presl, Reliq. Henk. i. p. 65 ; Hook. Sp. Fil. ii. p. 99, 
t. 104.4; Hook. et Bak. Syn. Fil. p. 140. 
Myriopteris scariosa, Fée, Gen. Fil. p. 149; Fourn. Mex. Pl. Enum. i. p. 125. 
SourH Mexico, Orizaba at 12,000 feet (Galeotti, 6258).—Prrv. 
There is no Mexican specimen of this species in the Kew Herbarium, and Galeotti’s 
number 6208, as far as the Kew specimen is concerned, belongs to the next species. 
19. Cheilanthes speciosissima, A. Br.; Hook. Sp. Fil. ii. p. 103; Hook. et 
Bak. Syn. Fil. p. 141; Liebm. Mexicos Bregner, p. 105; Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 54. 
Plecosorus mexicanus, Fée, Gen. Fil. p. 151, t. 13; J. Sm. in Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald, p. 341 ; 
Fourn. Mex. Pl. Enum. i. p. 124. 
Cheilanthes scariosa, Mart. et Gal. Foug. Mex. p. 74, non Presl. 
Phegopteris speciosissima, Mett. Cheil. p. 4. 
SourH Mexico, forest of the Desierto Viejo (Bourgeau, 924), around Mexico (Schmitz), 
Coscomatepec, Vera Cruz 5000 feet (Schaffner), peak of Orizaba 10,000 to 12,000 feet 
(Galeotti, 6258 ; Liebmann), Toluca (Andrieus, 38); Rancho del Guajolote (Hartweg, 
413); Guatemaza, Volcan de Fuego (Godman & Salvin). Hb. Kew. 
20. Cheilanthes tomentosa, Link; Hook. et Bak. Syn. Fil. p. 140; Eaton, 
Ferns N. Am. i. p. 345, t. 45. figg. 1-5. 
Cheilanthes tomentosa, var. eatoni, Davenport; Eaton in Proc. Am. Acad. xviii. p. 186. 
