25. CIIEILA.XTIIES, EUCHEILAXTHES. 137 



ceolate, bipinnatifid ; pinnae in numerous pairs, the lower ones opposite, often 

 1^-2 in. apart, 1-1^ in. 1., f in. br., deltoid acuminate, cut down to the rachis in 

 the lower part into oblong or linear-oblong entire or slightly toothed lobes ; 

 texture herbaceous ; rachis like the stipe, both surfaces naked ; sori copious, 

 continuous ; invol. narrow, membranaceous. Hk. Sp. 2. p. 89. t. 93. A. C. 

 Malaccensis, Fee. 



Hab. Himalayas, ascending to 2-3,000 ft., Malayan Peninsula, Luzon, S. China. 



28. C. subvillosa, Hk. ; st. densely tufted, 2-4 in. 1., polished, naked, bright 

 chesnut-brown, rather brittle, clothed with lanceolate acuminate scales below ; 

 fr. 6-12 in. 1., 2-3 in. br., ovate-lanceolate, tripinnatifid ; pinnae in numerous 

 pairs, the lower ones distant, 1^ in. 1., more than 1 in. br., deltoid ; pinnl. on 

 the lower side the largest, sometimes 1 in. 1., oblong-lanceolate, cut down to 

 the rachis below into oblong lobes ; texture herbaceous ; rachis bright chesnut- 

 brown, slightly pubescent, upper surface naked, lower villose, especially on the 

 costa ; sori copious ; invol. greenish. Hk. Sp. 2. p. 87. t. 98. B. 



Hab. Pabur Valley and Simla, Himalayas ; gathered by|Mr. Edgeworth. This species 

 and C. Dcdhousice differ from all the rest of the subgenus in their broader segments and 

 more herbaceous texture, in which they agree with Adiantopsis captnsis and Kirkii. 



29. C. Dalhousice, Hk. ; st. densely tufted, 3-6 in. 1., wiry, polished, dark 

 chesnut-brown, when young clothed with linear scales ; fr. 6-12 in. 1., 3-4 in. br., 

 ovate-lanceolate or subdeltoid, tripinnatifid ; pinnae in numerous opposite pairs, 

 the lowest 2-3 in. 1., 1-1 \ in. br. ; pinnl. on the lowest side the largest, 

 sometimes 1 in. 1., linear-oblong, blunt, deeply sinuato-pinnatind ; texture 

 herbaceous ; rachis and costa naked and glossy like the stipe ; both surfaces 

 naked ; sori numerous, roundish, small. Hk. Sp. 2. p. 80. 



Hab. North of Hindostan, ascending in the Himalayas to 10,000 ft. Gathered also 

 lately by Mr. White in New Granada, and doubtless only a denudate variety of 

 farinosa. 



30. C. attosuroides, Metten. ; st. tufted, densely fibrillose at the base, 2-3 in. 1., 

 wiry, erect, chesnut-brown, polished ; fr. 4-6 in. 1., 2 in. br., ovate-lanceolate, 

 bipinnatifid ; pinnae alternate, about 1 in. 1., \ in. br., lanceolate, cut down to 

 the rachis into several ovate-acute pinnl., which are cuneate at the base and 

 slightly lobed below ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis like the stipe, slightly hairy 

 above when young, glabrous when mature ; invol. narrow, greenish, nearly con- 

 tinuous. Mett. Clieil. p. 32. 



Hab. Mexico. Our description is taken from specimens gathered by Schaffner. It 

 comes nearest C. Sieberi in habit, but is less rigid, and the involucre is more continuous. 



31. C. Sieberi, Kunze ; st. densely tufted, 3-6 in. 1., strong, wiry, polished, 

 dark chesnut-brown, fibrillose towards the base ; fr. 3-6 in. 1., 1-1^ in br., 

 oblong-acuminate, tripinnatifid ; pinnae in pairs, the lowest often distant, f-lin. 

 1., -| in. br., deltoid, with several opposite oblong-deltoid pinnl., which are 

 cut" down to the rachis in the lower part ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis wiry, 

 naked, polished, both surfaces naked ; invol. small, narrow, pale-brown, roundish 

 and separate, or combined. Hk. Sp. 2. p. 83. t. 97. B. C. Preissiana, Kunze. 

 Hk. Sp. 2. p. 83. 



Hab. Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Isle of Pines. Species 31 to 35 form a 

 group of very closely allied plants. 



32. C. bullosa, Kunze ; st. densely tufted, 4-8 in. 1., dark chesnut-brown, 

 polished, wiry, slightly tomentose below, and clothed with lanceolate scales ; fr. 

 G-9 in. 1., 2-3 in. br., ovate-lanceolate, tripinnatifid ; pinnce in numerous opposite 

 pairs, the lower ones ]-! in. apart, H in. 1., -1 in. br., lanceolate or sub- 



