25. CHEILANTHES, EUCHEILANTHES. 137 



ceolate, bipinnatifid ; pinnos 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, & China. 



28. C. subvillosa, Ilk, ; sL 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 ; pinnos 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. Dalkousics differ from all the rest of the subgenus in their broader segments arid 

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



29. C. Dalhousice, Hk. ; st. densely tufted, 36 in. 1., wiry, polished, dark 

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

 ovate-lanceolate or subdeltoid, tripinnatifid ; pinnce 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-pinnatifid ; texture 

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

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



Hab. North of Hindostan, ascending in the Himalayas to 10,000 ft. This occasionally 

 shows a tendency to become farinose beneath. The involucres, though often crowded, 

 are very slightly confluent. 



30. C. allosuroides, Mt-tten. ; st. tufted, densely fibrillose at the base, 2-3 in. I., 

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

 bipinnatifid ; pinnce alternate, about 1 in. 1., |r in. br., lanceolate, cut down to 

 the rachis into several ovate-acute pinnl., winch are civneate 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. Cheil. p. 32. 



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

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



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

 dark ehesnut-brown, fibriilose towards the base ; fr. 3-6 in. 1., 1-1J in. br,, 

 oblong-acuminate, tripinnatifid \pinnce in pairs, the lowest often distant, |-]^in. 

 L, -f 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, mle-brown, roundish 

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

 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. lullata, Kunze ; st. densely tufted, 4-8 in. 1., dark chesnut-brown,, 

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

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

 pairs, the lower ones 1-H in. apart, 1| in. 1., f-1 in. br,, lanceolate or su!> 



