CYATHl.A. '2.i 



26. C. Seltuuia/ia, Fr. All ihat 1 can liiid mciitiuiied 

 of this by Presl, is, that it is identical with " <". amlcata, 

 Herb. Reg. lierol. Bras. n. 88."— Brazil. 



** SjKcie.i of South Africa. 



27. C. Dfctjei, Kze. ; unarmed, fronds bipinnate coriace- 

 ous, ])innules lanceolate acuminate jiinnatifid glabrous above 

 l)aler below, and rufo-tomcntose on and near the rachis be- 

 neath, seguients oblong-ovate subfalcate obtuse nearly entire, 

 sori on the lower liall'oi" the segment innnersed in rufous wool, 

 involucre fragile forming an hemispherical cup, then break- 

 ing away irregularly. (Tau. X. B.) Kze. in LiniKca, r. xiii. 

 p. 153, el in v. x. p. 551. — /3, paler, segments serrated the 

 wool beneath tawny, main rachis woolly. (Tab. XML A.) 



Hal). S. Africa ; rocky valley at the great cataract between OmsamwuLo 

 and Omsamcaba, Drege. Macalisber*;, S. lat. 2(3'-', liurhe. — Tliis lias a 

 caudex only 3 — 1 feet high, according to Drege. It ha.s dark-coloured 

 Irorids wheii dry, paler beneath, a reddish stipes and rachis and very rul'ous 

 wool, in which" the sori are immersed: the rest glabrons. Drege has the 

 credit of lirst discovering a true L'yathca in Africa. The same species, and 

 also the following, were detected by Mr. Burke, while collecting for Lord 

 Derby. 



28. C. Burkci, Hook. ; sti])es tubcrcled with small aculei, 

 and at its base and that of the main rachis clothed with glos.sy 

 brown chaffy scales, frond bi])innatifid membranaceous, pin- 

 nides lanceolate obtusely acuminate bijiiiniatilid scarcely i)al- 

 cr beneath, rachis partially woolly, glabrous above, segments 

 oblong-ovate obtuse scarcely falcate entire, the costa hairy at 

 the base, sori {e\\ often solitary, involucre globose remaining 

 until much advanced, with an irregular opening at the to}). 

 (Tab. XVII. B.) 



Hab. Macalisberg, S. Africa, Burhe.—i:\\\>^ has a dark mahogany-colored 

 stipes and main rachis, clothed with short obtuse points or aculei, and wiili 

 consjjicuous glossy chaffy scales at the base of the main rachis and stipes,— 

 niembranaceou.s, dark-coloured fronds scarcely at all paler beneath, and much 

 fewer and less woolly hairs among the sori than the preceding; still, future 

 observations may prove that this is but a state of C. Dreijei, and that only 

 one species of the genus has yet been discovered in Africa. 



*** Suecies of Eastern India ami Islawls, the Pacific Islands and New 

 Zealand. 



29. C.canalicidatd, W illd. Herb. ; unarmed or indistinctly 

 tuberclcd, fronds bipinnate coriaceous, ])iunules (large) broad- 

 ly lanceolate actuuinate deeply pinnatilid frequently again 

 jnnnated especially below glabrous (main rachis channelled 

 when dry) articidated on the stipes, segments or idtimale i>ni- 

 n tiles linear-oblouK obtuse more or less serrated, vt-.iis c(ii»i- 



