138 25. CHEILANTHES, PHYSAPTERIS. 



deltoid ; pinnl. of the lower side the largest, cut down nearly to the rachis into 

 numerous linear-oblong segm. ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis like the stipe, 

 upper surface naked, lower glandular ; sori copious ; invol. pale-brown. Hk. 

 Sp. 2. p. 88. t. 96. A. 



Hab. Neilgherry Hills, S. Hindostan. Very near C. Sieleri, of which it is not unlikely 

 only a larger and more robust variety, and both have a close connection with C. inul- 

 tifida, 



33. C. multifida, Swartz ; at. tufted, 3-9 in. ]., strong, erect, dark chesnut- 

 hrovvn, polished, slightly scaly towards the base ; fr. 3-12 in. 1., 2-8 in. br., 

 ovate-lanceolate or deltoid, tri- or quadripinnatifid ; lower pinnl. opposite, 

 remote, erecto-patent, deltoid, 2-0 in. 1. ; uU. divisions linear-oblong, deeply 

 lobed and the margin in the fertile plant much recurved ; texture subcoriaceous ; 

 rachis dark chesnut-brown, naked and polished, both surfaces naked ; sori 

 terminal on the lobes, small, roundish, slightly confluent ; invol. membranaceous. 

 HJc. Sp. 2. p. 90. t. 100. 13. Gard. F. t. 39. 



Hab. Cape Colony northward to Zambesi Land arid St. Helena, and sent also from 

 Java by Dr. Blutne. Dr. Kirk's tropical specimens are larger and more compound than 

 those from further south, but appear to be the same plant. 



34. C. Wrightii, Hk. ; gt. 2-4 in. 1., strong, wiry, chesnut-brown, polished, 

 finely nbrillose below when young ; fr. 2-3 in. 1., 1-1^ in. br., ovate-lanceolate, 

 tripinnatifid ; pinnae in several opposite pairs, the lowest about 1 in. 1., \ in. br., 

 deltoid ; pinnl. cut about halfway down into oblong-acute lobes ; texture sub- 

 eoriaceous ; rachis like the stipe, both surfaces naked ; sori copious, the margin 

 of the fertile fronds much incurved. Hk. Sp. 2. p. 87. t. 90. A. 



Hab. Gathered by Mr. Wright in 1849 in an expedition from Texas to New Mexico, 

 U. S. A. In habit it comes very near the small forms of C. tenuifolia, but the involucres 

 are less confluent. 



35. C. tenuifolia, Swartz ; st. not tufted, 4-8 in. 1., wiry, flexuose, naked, dark 

 chesnut-brown, polished, slightly nbrillose towards the base ; fr. 4-8 in. 1., 

 3-4 in. br., deltoid, tripinnatifid ; pinnae in numerous opposite pairs, the lowest 

 2-4 in. 1., 1-2 in. br., deltoid ; pinnl. on the lowest side the largest, the lowest 

 1 in. 1., cut down to the rachis into oblong entire or sinuato-pinnatind segm. ; 

 texture subcoriaceous ; rachis polished like the stipe, both surfaces green and 

 naked ; sori roundish or subcontinuous ; invol. narrow, brownish, more or less 

 toothed.//*. Sp. 2. p. 82. t. 87. C. 



Hab. Himalayas (sub-tropical region), Madras, Ceylon, Malayan Peninsula and Islands, 

 S. E. China, Polynesian Islands, New Zealand, Australia, and southward to Van Diemen's 

 Land. 



Physapteris,.FVes/ (Myriopteris, Fee]. Involucres confluent, ultimate segments 

 very small y beadlike. Sp. 30-48. 



30. C. flexuosa, Kunze; st. about 2 in. 1., erect, wiry, dark chesnut-brown, 

 naked, polished ; fr. 2-3 in. 1., rather more than 1 in. br., ovate-lanceolate, 

 bipinnate ; pinnae numerous, close, spreading at right angles from the rachis, 

 with 8-10 small beadlike nearly sessile pinnl. on each side, which are hardly 

 more than \ lin. each way and rolled up like a ball ; rachis rigid, chesnut- 

 brown, glandular ; texture coriaceous ; sori hidden. Hk. Sp. Fil.p. 104. 



Hab. Brazil. Our description is taken from Brazil! an specimens gathered by Lindberg, 

 which are marked by Mettenius as Kunze's var. minor. The typical plant is described 

 as tri- or quadripitinate. 



S7. C. induta, Kunze ; st. 3-0 in. li, naked, polished, chesnut-brown, clothed 

 thinly with linear-lanceolate scales when young ; fr. 3-0 in. 1., 1^-2 in. br., 



