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At p. 78, n. 5, under Cheilanthes rufa, Don, insert 

 Hab. Ascent of Mahadel, Chuma, in Khasya, Drs. Hooker and Thom- 

 son; less red than Dr. Wallicb's specimens, and, on the under side of the 

 frond, whitish. 



At. p. 80, n. f), under Cheilanthes Dalhousia, Hook., insert 

 Hab. Simla, Dr. T. Thomson. 



At p. 81, n. 9, under Cheilanthes fragrans, Webb et Berth., insert 

 Hab. Peeshwar Hills, Major Vicary. 



At p. 81, under Cheilanthes squamosa, n. 8, insert 

 Var. /3. ? brachi/pus, Kze. in Linnoea, xviii. p. 340 ; pinna) 

 and pinnules very obtuse subparallel hoary-villous above, 

 the lower ones smaller, stipes very short. Kze. Ch. brachy- 

 pus, Kze. in Linnaa, xxiii. p. 243 and p. 307. 



iS. Mexico, tropical, Leibold. — In the 'Linnaea' for 1844, this was given 

 by Kunze, doubtfully, as a variety of Ch. squamosa; but subsequently, in 

 1850, it is considered by that author, a good species, though I am not aware 

 if any specific character is published. Dr. Kunze observes of Ch. hrachy- 

 pus, 1. c. " Cultura ex sporis repetita tamquara species propria probata. Ut 

 varietatem Ch. squamosa, dubie quidem, in desciibendis lilicibus Ijciboldi- 

 anis (Linna;a, xviii. p. 340) plantain breviter exposui." — A specimen we 

 possess from Kunze as this plant seems identical with our Ch. squamosa ; 

 but the stipes is rather shorter. Mexico is quite a new habitat for that spe- 

 cies : and the same has likewise been found, with longer stipites at Sonso- 

 nati, Guatemala, by Mr, Skinner ; and in Surinam by Dr. Hostmann. 



At p. 82, after n, 9, should have been inserted 



9.* Ch. andina, Hook. ; caudex short rooting scaly, stipi- 

 tes tufted 1 — 2 inches long and as well as the main and par- 

 tial rachis partially scaly dark ebeneous glossy, fronds 1^ — 2 

 inches long deltoideo-oblong subacuminate tripinnate sub- 

 coriaceous glabrous dark brown (when dry), primary pinnae 

 (especially the lower ones) distant deltoid-ovate, secondary 

 ovate-oblong pinnatifid (rarely again and only those of the 

 lower primary jjinnae) pinnate, lobes small rotuudate entire or 

 obscurely crenate, involucres formed of the inflexed margin 

 of the lobules membranaceous or entire at the edge and more 

 or less interrupted. 



Hab. Lofty Andes of Peru, Johti MacLean, Esq. — A small and I must 

 confess rather an obscure plant, possessing few or no satisfactory distin- 

 guishing characters, of a dingy brown colour in its dry state, with some- 

 what the aspect of Ch. fragrans, near which perhaps it might be placed. 

 The whole plant does not exceed 3^ inches. Stipes and rachises very ebe- 

 neous black. Pinnules in 7 — 9 almost opposite pairs : the lowest pair dis- 

 tant, all glabrous, and all with an evident recurvature of the margin forming 

 the involucres which are thin and membrdnaceous only at the edge. Sori 

 rather large, so as to be by no means covered by the involucres. 



