CIIEILANTIIKS, 475 



55*. A. tetragonum, Sclirad. ; st. 1 ft. or more L, slightly puljescent, like the 

 rachises ; //•. peJato-tripinnate, 1 ft. 1., 15-18 in. br. ; end jnnnce lanceolate, G-9 

 in. 1., 5-G in.br.; scffin. distinctly stalked, lanceolate, acuminate, ascending, 

 2^-3 in. 1., slightly lobed, rounded on the upper, cuneate-truncate on the lower 

 side at the base; surfaces glabrous, cjieep-green ; sori short, linear, placed all 

 down both sides at the tip of the lohss.— Mart. Ic. Crypt, t. ijd. Llk. tip. Fd. II. 

 p. 28. 



Hab. Brazil. 



XXV.—CnEILANTIIES. Page 131—142. 



1*. C. LincUgii, Mett. ; st. densely tufted, 1-4 in. 1,, castaneous, naked ; fr. 

 lanceolate, 4-8 in. 1,, ^-1 in. br,, narrowed from the middle to both ends, bipiii- 

 natifid ; pinnw sessile, deltoid, cut down below to a narrow wing into oblong, 

 h\m\i pinnl. ; rachis naked ; texture Wnn, firm ; surfaces naked, pale, dull-green; 

 sori close, G-8 to lowest pinnules. — Fil. Nov, Gran. p. 218. 



Hab. Andes of New Granada, Lindig, 257. 



7*. C. Lidgatii, Baker ; rhizome creeping ; st. naked, 1 ft. 1., stramineous like 

 rachises ;/r. deltoid, l|-2 ft. 1. ; lowest />m2«« largest, with three deeply pinnatifid 

 2nnnl. from lower side, all the others lanceolate, l|-2 in. br., cut down to a narrow 

 wing into close ligulate blunt lobes 3-4 lin. br., barren slightly iooi'kQ& ; texture 

 rigidly coriaceous ; surfaces naked ; inv. | lin. br., crowded, glab/ous, rigid, per- 

 sistent. — Sdiiizopteris Lidgatii, Hillebrand MSS. 



Hab. Oahu, Hillebrand.— Very distinct, with habit resembling Woodivardia radicans. 



8"^ C. propinqua, Mett. ; st. 3-6 in. 1,, naked, black like rachis ; //•. 8-10 in. 1., 

 deltoid, acuminate, tripinnatifid ; lower ^^^■«^^«^ largest, lanceolate, short-stalked, 

 3 in. 1., 1 in. br. ; pinnl. distinct, subsessile, lanceolate, blunt, cut down nearly 

 to rachis below into close blunt lobes ; texture thin, firm ; surj'aces dull pale- 

 green, naked ; sori minute, crowded. — Fil. Nov. Gran. p. 219. 



Hab. Andes of New Granada, Lindig, 93. 



9*. C. glandulosa, Sw. ; fr. 2 ft. or more 1., lax, 4-pinnatifid ; racMs filiform, 

 flexuose, pubescent, subscandent; ^z«m« stalked, deltoid, 3 in. 1., curved upwards, 

 distant ; pinnl. ovate-lanceolate, unequal-sided, sessile ; segm. cuneate-ovate, 

 inciso-pinnatitid, with ligulate lobes ; surfaces gland uloso-pilose ; sori very 

 minute.— il/e«. Cheil. t. S.fg. 82. 



Hab. Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, Freyreiss. 



14*. C. Boivini, Mett. ; rhizome short-creeping ; scales lanceolate, black, with 

 a brown edge ; st. 1-2 in. 1., castaneous ; //■. ovate-oblong, obtuse, bipinnatifid, 

 2 in. 1. ; rachis pilose ; pinnae oblong, obtuse, lowest largest, free, produced on 

 lower side with obtuse lobes, the sterile ones quite entire ; texture membranous ; 

 under surface glabrous, upper puberulous ; veins many times forked, those of 

 the sterile frond stopping short of the edge ; sori close ; inv. broad, pale, mem- 

 branous. — Kuhn, Fit. Afr.p. G9. 



Hab. Mascaren and Comoro Isles. 



27*. C. Thwaitesii, Mett. ; st. densely tufted, castaneous, 1-5 in. I., sparsely 

 clothed with spreading brown lanceolate scales ; fr. lanceolate, ^-1 ft. 1., 2-2^- 

 in. br., bipinnate or tripinnatifid ; rachis castaneous, naked, or slightly scaly 

 below ; pinncB distant, subsessile, lanceolate-deltoid, lower reduced ; pinnl. 

 blunt, upper adnate, entire, lower free, lanceolate, bluntly lobed ; texture i\\m\ 



