70 IIVI'OLEIMS. 



lanceolate rather obtuse the rachis winged, pinna) oblong ob- 

 tuse lobed at the margin, the lobes rounded entire or 2 — 3 

 toothed each lobe bearing a sorus on its inner margin, invo- 

 lucres moderately small semiorbicular of the texture ol" the 

 frond slightly scariose at the margin, stipes and main rachis 

 orange-brown asperulous viscidly hairy the latter winged to- 

 wards the apex. (Tau. XCI. B.) 



Hab. Pararao of Ruiz, New Grenada, Purdie, (Herb, nostr. and J. 

 Smith). — A distinct and well marked species. Stipes 8 or 9 inches long 

 rather stout, dark brown and glossy at the base, then orange-brown, as is 

 the main rachis, both of which are covered with ferruginous viscid hairs. 

 Frond about as long as the stipes, bipinnate. Primary pinnae 2 to 2^ inches 

 long, beneath more or less ghmdularly hairy. Pinnules ^ an inch long and 

 about as much broad. The sori eventually become rather large and force 

 back the distinct but herbaceous involucre which has a pale scariose edge. 

 The secondary rachis is everywhere winged. 



(Frond rather small bipinnate). 



22. H. distans ; glabrous small (1 or Ig- foot high), frond 

 ovato-lanceolate glabrous brown when dry generally distantly 

 bipinnate, pinnae nearly opposite lanceolate acuminate, pin- 

 nules sessile lanceolate rigid subcoriaceous rather deeply 

 pinnatifid, lobes ovate spreading, sterile ones inciso-dentate 

 fertile ones slightly toothed, sori in their inner margin soli- 

 tary, stipes about equal in length with the frond and as well 

 as the rachis and even the midrib (beneath) aculeolate, cau- 

 dex much creeping densely paleaceo-hirsute. (Tab. XCV. 

 C.) Cheilanthes distans, Col. MSS. n. 1782. 



Hab. Hokiauga, on the west coast of the northern island, and in the 

 valley of the Hutt, N. Zealand, Rev. W. Colenso. Northern extremity of 

 the northern island, Edf/erlej/. — This is .simply bipinnate, and quite unlike 

 any species with which I am acquainted. I willingly adopt Mr. Colenso's 

 MSS. name, expressive of a character common to most of the specimens. 

 The caudex creeps long upon the ground and is densely covered with fer- 

 ruginous chaffy hairs. Stipes not exceeding a span high, and as well as 

 the rachises and even the underside of the costa aculeolate. Frond from a 

 span to nearly a foot high. Pinnae very generally opposite or nearly so, 

 spreading at right angles. Sori small, covered by involucres which appear 

 to 1)e inflexed lobes very much recurved of the frond, pale and membrana- 

 ceous at the edge closely pressed upon the sorus. 



(Fronds small deltoid very compound, segments very acute or cuspidate. — 

 Aspidotis, Nutt.) 



23. H. Schimperi ; " frond subtriangular acuminate thin- 

 coriaceous glabrous concolorous subtripartite bipinnato-pin- 

 natifid more simple at the apex, lower pinnae ovato-oblong 



