Oheilanthes.] OXLVII. FILICES. 727 
segments ovate-lanceolate obtuse 3 in. “Jong and seeneely lobed, the 
ua 
contiguous, with. the small rounded teeth or lobes bent ove 
R. Br. Prod. ; Sieb. Filie. Exs. 116, Fl. Mixt. n. 250; acre in 
P Ps. ii. EI. Hook. f, Fl. Tasm. ii. 188; F. Mu ell. Fragm. v. 
122; Bedd. Foru S. Ind. t. 188; CO. Siebert, Kunze in Pl. Preiss. ii. 
112; Hook. Spee. Filic. ii. 83, t. 97; C. Preissiana, Kunze l. e.; 
C. contigua, Bak. Syn. Filic. 476 ; Pteris PM Br. Prod. 155; 
Pellea nudiuscula, Hook. Spec. Filie. ii. 1 
N. Australia. p e off the North Coast, R. Brown; Victoria River and Sea 
Range, F. Mueller ; Baca e Cliffs, Hullse; Port Darwin, Schultz, n. 35, 207, 307, 
some specimens abov T ees 
desir ; ic S. Wal s oE Lord Howe’s Island), Victoria, 
Tasmania, S. and Central Aiit alia, W. Australia. Evidently very abundant 
especially in stony rocky EET throughout these colonies, the stations indicated 
498 
far merous to particularise, the western ones inc udin; br» Dr "eser d s n. 498, and 
"shark n. 1304, 1305, 1307, pre bey in all except Tasm R. Brow 
he species ataa over = India econ in hilly districts, Eastern Asia and the 
Malayan Archipela specimens ncluding Cheilanthes hirsuta, Metten., 
very near to ess of ‘Nothotena wile, especially when the fructification is 
asad and the indusium opened o 
2. C. caudata, R. Br. Pr = 156.—Perhaps a variety of C. 
tenuifolia, but the few specimens seen have a very different aspect. 
Fronds 6 to 8 in. long, slender, Haea at least at the base, the pinnæ 
linear pinnule, usually at least } in. long, cont 
the base, and soriferous dasseationt: the few segments a 
pinne Torir linea 
. _ Queensland. Nds River, Banks and Solander ; Port Bowen, A. Brown; 
Gilbert River, Daintree. 
Pteris nitida, R. Br. Prod. 155, (Pellea nitida, eg hy Filic. i at serge 
this dece There was erae men so named foun his herbari 
would ay oes had at first oat it i in Pieris vem k - xia 
(which ede to be the peg ewm) and in subsequently - arm. the 
0 to Cheilanthes “a had accidentally omitted to erase them from Pte: 
25. PTERIS, Linn. 
Rhizome short and thick or creeping. Fronds usually large and 
compound rarely small or simple. Veins simple forked or reticulate, 
