6 GLEICHENIA. 



§11. Fronds dirhntomom (rarely simple ) 'pinnatifid : in other words the 

 leaf 1/ portion is not confined to the forked apices, but is decurrent more 

 or less upon the branched portion (^f the stipes. (See Tab. VI. — VIII). 



15. G. Jlahellata, Br ; fronds two or three times cUchoto- 

 nious proliferous tlabclliform, branches lanceolate ascending- 

 caudate at the point pinnatifid, below pinnate, segments li- 

 near acute senated erecto-patent, capsules 1 — 4. — Br. Prodr. 

 p. 161. Labill. Sert. Nov. Caled.p. 9, t. 12. 



Hab. New Holland and Tasmania, Brown, Gunn, Lawrence. New Ca- 

 ledonia, Labillardiire. Northern Island, N. Zealand, A. Cunnin-gham, 

 Colenso, Dr. Sinclair. — Fronds more or less harsh and rigid or soft and 

 membranaceous; in the former case the margin of the segments is revolute, 

 giving the latter a narrower appearance. 



1(>. G. tencrn, Br. ; "fronds dichotomous proliferous, branch- 

 es lanceolate pinnatifid, pinnte (segments ?) linear entire di- 

 varicated slightly hairv, rachis scaly, capsules 3 — 5 cxserted 

 sessile." Br. Prodr. p. 161. 



Ilab. Tasmania, Brown. — With this species I am unacquainted. It is 

 probably allied to the preceding. 



17. G. Cunnhifjhami, Hew. MS.; stipes clothed with large 

 deciduous scales, fronds dichotomous flabellate, branches lan- 

 ceolate acuminate patent and falcato-recurved pinnatifid al- 

 most to the apex, below pinnate, segments rigid coriaceous 

 linear acute quite entire beneath glaucous and clothed with 

 copious deciduous hairs, capsules 2 — 1. (Tab. VI. B.) — G. 

 arachnoidea, A. Cunn. MS. 



Hab. Northern Island, N. Zealand, A. (Junninyham, Colenso, Edyerley, 

 Dicffenbach. — Certainly near (f.Jlabellata, but very distinct. It is of an 

 extremely rigid habit, the fronds are of a thick coriaceous texture, the apex 

 of the branches not running out into a tail-like point, but pinnatifid to the 

 extremity, patent and falcato-recurved, very glaucous beneath, the seg- 

 ments quite entire. I have seen specimens only from New Zealand. 



18. G. pedalis, Kaulf ; stipes and rachis with deciduous 

 chaffy scales, fi-onds dichotomous proliferous subflabelliform, 

 branches linear-lanceolate acuminate divaricate falcato-re- 

 curved or reflcxed pinnatifid, segments oblong broader at the 

 base nearly horizontal glabrous, the margins slightly recurved, 

 cai)sulcs 2—4. (Tab. MIU.^.)— Kaulf. Emim. Fil. p. 39.— 

 /3. frond glabrous beneath. 



Hab. Chili, Chamisso, Bertero, Poeppiy (var. fi.). Valdivia, Bridyes (n. 

 803). Guinea, Richard (according to Kaulfuss). — This is a small species 

 about a foot high ; whence I presume its specific name; of a harsh, rigid 

 character, and of a singularly yellow hue when dry, as is the following. I 

 have never seen specimens but from the Pacific side of South America, al- 

 ways from Chili, and chiefly from the south of that country. Probably 

 Richard's species from Guinea, referred hither by Kaulfuss, is something 

 very diflerent. 



