iTi:uiiu;.i: — .ndtiiocih.ak.na. 



(30) NOTHOCHLAENA l!. I'.kiwii. 



Stijjes clustcrod; fronds at Iciisl pimiatc; piniiir not very inequilateral, 

 not f,'Iabioiis; soii mi tlic ends of the veins, usuiilly coalescing when old, 

 naked or [)ar(ly covcrrd hy the unniodihed niarpin of the frond. Hardly 

 jullicit-ntiy separated from (.'hiiluntlirs liy tlie iiiodilieat ion of the margin 

 of the latter. C. icnuifolia has a form uilli imiiindilied margin, whieh 

 will he looked for here. Mostly natives of dry, warm countries. 



(1) N. densa •!. .Sm.. Hooker. Hiiizome ereeping, sliort. scaly: >tipe 

 3 to 12 cm. higli. erect, (irm, like the rachis, maroon, hearing spirse tibrillose 

 pakw; frond Id to "JO cm. higli. 2 to .'{ cm. l)r()a<l. iripiiinatifid at hase; 

 pinnie ovate-lanceolate, the lowest ones deltoid, remote, eipialing or smaller 

 than those next above: pinnules linear-ohlong. entire or crenate or pinnat- 

 itid. obtuse, herbaceous, slightly hairy above, matted beneath with whitish or 

 brown tomentum: sori at length almost covering the lamina, partly pro- 

 tected at first by the incurved margin. 



C'orregi<lor, Ciniiiiifi -iS-i : Heiiguet, Elmer 0384; .Mounl Mariveles, Loher. 



(2) N. distans K. Br. Stipes densely tufted, about 8 cm. Ivigh, bearing 

 linear scales; frond 15 to 20 cm. high, 3 cm. broad, bipinnate; lower pinnae 

 remote, deltoid, cut down to the rachis into oblong, obtuse, entire or slightly 

 lobed pinnules, subcoriaceous, pale green and slightly villous above, lower 

 surface and rachis more or less densely coated with long, linear, fer- 

 ruginous scales; pinna; often imicii curled together, and the edge incurved. 



Blount Mariveles, Loher. 



Au.-tralia, New Zealand, New Caledonia. 



(40) PLAGIOGYRIA Kuiizc. 



Stipes clustered, the base abruptly enlarged and lienring 3 to tl spongy 

 projections on the upper side; fronds dimorphous, simply pinnate; veins 

 free; sori on the somewhat thickened ends of the branched veins, at maturity 

 sometimes covering the contracted frond; sporangium with an oblique con- 

 tinuous annulus; reflexed margin serving at first as an indusium, A small 

 genus of terrestrial ferns, with very much the appear-.ince of Blecltiiuin- 

 Lomaria, and sporangia resembling those of the Cyatheacefc. 



(1) P. adnata iHhnne) Bedd. Rhizome short, erect; stipe 1.5 to 4.5 cm. 

 high, firm, erect, naked; frond ovate-lanceolate, 30 to 45 cm. high, 10 to 15 

 cm. broad; pinna' linear, falcate, the largest about S cm. long. 1 cm. broad, 

 the lowest equal to those next al)o\e them, narrowed at the base and 

 separated by rather more than their own breadth, those in the middle of 

 the .sterile frond widened at the base and contiguous, acuminate, finely 

 serrate, subcoriaceous ; rachis naked ; indusium brown, membranous, very 

 distinct. 



^fount ^lariveles. 1,400 m. Loher. 

 India. .Ta]ian. .Tava. 



(2) P. pycnophylla (Presl) Mett. var. remota ( lir. llhizome stout, 

 erect, woody; stipe stout, erect, naked, 15 to 25 cm. high; frond ovate-lance- 

 olate, GO to 90 cm. high, 15 to 25 cm. broad: pinmr very numerous, linear, 



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