372 50. NOTHOCHI^ENA, EUNOTHOCHL^ENA. 



11. N. mottis, Kunze ; rhizome woolly, very thick, the scales fibrillose, black ; 

 st. 2-3 in. 1., strong, erect, matted ; fr. 8-12 in. 1., 1^-2 in. br., tripinnate ; upper 

 pinnae close, the lower ones distant, lanceolate, with a very thick rachis, and often 

 upcurled ; the segm. small, roundish ; texture thick, rigid ; upper surface dark- 

 green, naked, lower and rachises woolly, with close thick short subferruginous 

 tomentum. Hk. Sp. 5. p. 120. 



Hab. Chili and Andes of Guatemala. A well-marked species, more rigid and robust 

 than any of the preceding, with dense woolly tomentum beneath. 



** Fronds thinner in texture, and not so much matted ; stems slender. 

 Sp. 12-19. 



12. N. fragilis, Hk. ; st. 3-4 in. 1., very slender, wiry, naked, glossy, dark 

 chesnut-brown ; fr. 1^-3 in. each way, deltoid ; lower pinnae much the largest, 

 deltoid, with the lowest pinnl. pinnate, with oblong pinnatifid segm. ^- lin. br. ; 

 texture herbaceous ; both surfaces rather densely coated with grey spreading hairs ; 

 sori small, the edge slightly recurved. HJc. Sp. 5. p. 114. t. 287. A. 



Hab. Arnhems-land, Tropical Australia, Dr. Mueller. 



13. N. hirsuta, Desv. ; st. tufted, 3-6 in. 1., glossy, dark chesnut-brown, slightly 

 villose ; fr. 6-8 in. 1., l|-3 in. br., lanceolate-oblong, tri- or quadripinnatifid ; 

 lower pinnae \-\\ in. apart, subdeltoid, with lanceolate pinnl. and oblong blunt 

 entire or slightly-lobed segm. 1-2 lin. br. ; texture herbaceous ; rachis, and espe- 

 cially the under side, finely villose and glandular; sori brown. Hk. Sp. 5. 

 p. 116. 



Hab. Hong-Kong and Polynesian Islands. The Philippine N. densa, J. Sm., is pro- 

 bably a less-divided form. In habit this closely resembles Cheilanthes tenuifolia, to which 

 N. midiuscula, gldbra, and semigldbra of Sp. Fil. must probably be referred. 



14. N. distans, R. Br. ; st. densely tufted, 1-3 in. ]., castaneous, wiry, clothed 

 with ferruginous linear scales ; fr. 6-9 in. 1., f-1 in. br., bipinnate ; lower pinnce 

 distant, deltoid, cut down to the rachis into oblong obtuse entire or slightly-lobed 

 pinnl. ; texture subcoriaceous ; upper surface pale-green and slightly villose, lower 

 surface and rachis more or less densely coated with long linear ferruginous 

 scales ; pinnce often much curled together, and the edge incurved. Hk. Sp. 5. 

 p. 114. 2nd Cent. t. 80. 



Hab. Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia. 



15. N. hypoleuca, Kunze ; rhizome bulbiferous, the scales rigid, fibrillose, dark- 

 brown ; st. tufted, slender, 2-4 in. 1., dark chesnut-brown ; fr. 4-6 in. 1., f-1 

 in. br., bipinnatifid ; pinnce |-| in. 1., - in. br., ovate, cut down nearly or 

 quite to the rachis below into blunt lobes ; texture subcoriaceous ; upper surface 

 nearly naked, pale-green, lower densely matted with white or slightly ferruginous 

 tomentum ; edge slightly inflexed. Hk. Sp. 5. p. 110. 



Hab. Chili. This is the most matted of any of the group, but the stem is almost or 

 very nearly naked. 



16. N. Pohliana, Kunze ; st. tufted, 3-4 in. 1., slender, wiry, naked, ebeneous ; 

 fr. 3-4 in. 1., \\ in. br., lanceolate, bipinnate ; pinnce in numerous pairs, the 



lowest the largest, lanceolate, with several sessile oblong crenated pinnl. ; texture 

 subcoriaceous ; both surfaces, especially the lower one, with long silky hairs ; 

 rachis ebeneous ; sori brown. Hk. Sp. 5. p. 118. t. 286. B. 



Hab. Brazil, Pohl, Gardner. 



17. N. eriophora, Fee ; st. tufted, wiry, 3-4 in. 1., slender, dark chesnut-brown, 

 more or less villose ; fr. 2-3 in. each way, deltoid, with 3-4 blunt linear-oblong 



