Drummondiane. N. O. Filices. 
DCCOCLAXX. 
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NOTHOCHLENA DISTANS, Br. 
» pinn 
remotis brevibus subsesailibus erecto-patentibus deltoideo- 
ovatis obtusis, pinnulis ovato-oblongis inferioribus pinna- 
ifidis os seater = s a Fhe | mar. in 
Kunze justly describes the figure of this species of Notho- 
chlena in Labillardiére as “mediocris,” the magnified repre- 
sentation being especially erroneous. When a fertile pinna is 
arefully examined, the margin, pale and almost scariose, Wi 
be seen to be recurved and to represent an imperfect involucre, 
indicating a near approach to some Cheilanthes; between 
which two genera we have already had occasion to observe that 
the line of distinction is not easy to be drawn. Judging from 
the copious specimens we have received from New Zealand, 
from the northern islands at least, the species seems to be of as 
frequent occurrence there as it is in New Holland; and 
it 18 now ascertained to have a very extensive range, from 
Swan River in the West to New Caledonia and New Vonlant 
in the East. 
Fig. 1. Upper side of a pinna. f. 2. Under side of a 
fertile ditto. f£. 3. Portion of a sorus .—magnified. 
