50. KOTUOCIIL.ENA, § KL'NOTIIOCiiL.KXA. 371 



T). N. Doradilla, Colla ; rhizome thick, clotlied with lanceolate ferruginous 

 scales ; st. 3-4 in. 1., chesnut-hrown, glossy, nearly naked ; //'. 4-5 in. 1., oblong- 

 lanceolate, trij)innatifid ; lower />^M?«ce distant, stalked, oiilong-deltoid, cut down 

 to the rachis into oblong-deltoid pinnl. with rounded lobes ; texture thick, cori- 

 aceous ; ujiper surface dark-green, nearly naked ; lower and rachis densely 

 clothed with small, linear, dark chesnut-brown scales. — N. sinuata, Brack. 2^. 19 

 {pion Kaulf.). N. lirackenridgei, Bahr. 



Ilab. Peru, Brackenridge. 



n. N. inccqualis, Kze. ; rhizome stout, the scales long, dense, fil)rill(ise, bright- 

 ferruginous ; St. .3-0 in. 1., firm, erect, naked, stout, ebeneous ; fr. 4-G in. 1., 2-^ 

 in. br., lanceolate or subdeltoid, tripinnatirtd ; upper pinnce lanceolate, lower 

 deltoiil, with blunt lanceolate j)innatifid pivnl. ; texture thick ; both surfaces 

 densely coated with ferruginous woolly tomentum ; the rachis nearly naked. — 

 Uk.lSp. 5./>. 118. 



Hab. Macalisberg, near Natal, Biirle ; Angola, Wdwit^sch, 147, 197.— A larger plaut 

 than the last, almost as woolly, but the tomentum brown. 



7. N. Aschenborniana, Klotzsch ; st. tufted, 2-3 in. 1., wiry, ebeneous, densely 

 scaly ; fr. 8-12 in. 1., 2-3 in. hr., oblong-lanceolate, tripinnatifid ; jnmice lanceo- 

 late, 1-1^ in. 1., f in. hr., cut down to the rachis into linear-oblong crenate or 

 pinnatifid jnnnl. ; texture subcoriaceous ; upper surface pale-green and slightly 

 hispid, lower densely matted with linear, ciliated, bright-ferruginous scales, 

 beneath which it is subfarinose ; sori black, the edge not infiexed. — Ilk. Sp, 5. 

 p. 117. «. 287. B, 



Hab. Texas and Mexico. — This and the next three are very near to one another. 



8. N. squamosa. Fee ; st. tufted, 1-4 in. 1., densely clothed with ovate-acu- 

 minate pale-brown scales ; fr. 3-4 in. 1., 1 in, or more br., ovate-lanceolate, 

 bipinnate ; ^jm?;«? opposite, the lowest | in. 1., ^ in. br., ovate, blunt, cut down to 

 the rachis below into several linear-oblong pinnl. ; texture thick, subcoriaceous ; 

 rachis and under surface densely covered with ovate- or lanceolate-acuminate 

 ciliated ferruginous scales ; sori brownish, the edge subscariose. — Cheil. Hk. Sp. 2. 

 p. 82. H. cfi G. t. 151. 



Hab. Mexico and Guatemala to Peru and the Argentine territory. — Probably this is 

 N. 2->erutiana, Desv., and if so, that name is the oldest. Mettenius distinguishes from 

 this C. hrachypus, Kze. {Nothochlana, J. Sm.), by its shorter stem, and the presence of 

 long flaccid hairs .as well as scales on the under surface. 



9. N. Marantce, R. Br. ; rhizome woody," the scales dense, fibrillose, bright-fer- 

 ruginous ; St. strong, wiry, 3-6 in. 1., more or less matted ; fr. 4-12 in. 1., H-3 

 in. br., oblong-lanceolate, bipinnate ; pinnce lanceolate, cut down to the racliis 

 into close, oblong, entire ptinnl. 1 lin. br. ; texture thick, coriaceous ; upper surface 

 pale-green, naked, lower and rachis densely coated with lanceolate, bright-ferru- 

 ginous scales. — Hk. Sp. 5. p. 120. 



H.ab. Himalayas (up to 15,000 ft.), Syria, and Tauria, to Ardeche and Portugal ; 

 Barbary States, Abyssinia, Azores, Madeira, Cau.aries, Cape "Verde Isles. 



10. N. Eckloniana, Kunze ; rhizome woody, the scales lanceolate, dense, bright- 

 ferruginous ; St. 3-6 in. 1., strong, erect, scaly ; fr. 6-12 in. 1., 2-3 in. br., bi- 

 tripinnatifid ; upper /)2h«(b close, the lower ones subdistant, deltoid ; pinnl. close, 

 lanceolate, pinnatifid or pinnate, with short, oltlong segm. ; texture thick, cori- 

 aceous ; upper surface pale-green, lower and rachis densely clothed with bright- 

 ferruginous scales. — Hk. Sp. 5. p. 116. 



Hab. Cape Colony and Natal. — Usually more divided than the last, but very doubtfully 

 distinct. A form with white tomentum found in Transvaal territory by Mr. Todd. 



