PELLiSA. 477 



6-7-jugate below tlie pinnatifid apex, lowest largest, 3 in. 1, ; pinnl. distant, 

 adnate by a broad base, ovate-deltoid, acute ; uppei* surface glabrous, lowei* 

 hairy on the ribs ; inv. continuous, glabrous, corrugated. — P. flavescens, Fourn. 

 Fil. Mex.p. 119. non Fee. 



Hab. Mexico, Bourgeau. 



15*. P. hrachyptcra, Baker ; rhizome short-creeping, clothed towards the end 

 with subulate scales ; st. 4-0 in. 1., naked, castaueous ; fr. 4-6 in. 1., lanceolate, 

 bipinnate ; pinncB very short, sessile, erecto-patent, semicircular, lower consisting 

 of 7-9 narrow linear pinnl, |-^ in. I., with edije revolute, mucronate tip and 

 rounded base ; texture rigidly coriaceous ; surfaces naked, dull-green ; veins 

 obscure, immersed. — Platyloma brachypterum, Moore, Gard. Chron. 1873, /». 141. 



Hab. California, Ilort. Veitch. — Placed by Prof. Eaton aa a variety of orniihopus, 



15'"'. P. bella, Baker; st. 3 in., naked, ebeneous ; //'. 5-6 in. 1., linear, bipin- 

 nate or subtripinnate ; pinnce numerous, ovate, sessile, ^-f in. 1. ; pinnl. 4-6- 

 jugate, linear-oblong, ^ in. 1., mucronate, rounded at base, lowest sometimes 

 2-o-nate, the edges strongly revolute ; rachis naked, castaneons ; text^ire rigidly 

 coriaceous ; surfaces dull-green, naked ; veiiis obscure, immersed. — Platyloma 

 bella, Moore, Gard. Chron. 1873, />. 213. 



Hab. California, Hort. Veitch, — Near the last, but much more slender, with more 

 numerous and shorter pinnules. 



IG"'. P. flavescens, Fee ; rhizome short-creeping, clothed with adpressed dark- 

 brown lanceolate scales ; st. naked, ebeneous, -j-l ft. 1. ; fr. oblong- or lan- 

 ceolate-deltoid, 6-12 in. 1., 2-3-pinnate ; rachises black, wiry, naked ; /^2«?2fe 

 close, lanceolate, patent, short-stalked, lowest rather longest, pinnate or with 

 lowest pinnl. pinnate with 2-3-jugate segm. ; segm, ovate-oblong, l|-2 lin.br., 

 blunt or subacute, with strongly revolute edges ; texture rigidly coriaceous ; 

 surfaces naked, dull-green ; veins immersed ; inv. firm, persistent, crisped, with 

 close indentations. — Fil. Bras, t. 22. fig. 2. P. Bongardiana, Baker, FL Bras. 

 fasc. 49. p. 397. t. 55. fig. 2. 



Hab. Eio Janeiro, Bongard, Glaziou. 



22*. P. Greggii, Mett. ; rhizome short-creeping, densely clothed with subulate 

 black-brown toothed scales ; st. 1-3 in. 1., reddish, opaque, slightly scaly ; fr. 

 2-3 in. L, ovate-lanceolate, 2-3-pinnate ; lower pinnce short-stalked, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate ; p>innl. sessile, narrowed at base ; segm. sessile, oblong or ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, 1-2 lin. 1., with revolute edges ; texture coriaceous ; under surface white- 

 farinose ; veins immersed ; sori hidden by revolute edge of segments. — Kuhn, 

 Linn. 36. p. 86. 



Hab. Mexico, Dr. Gregg, 4G7. — General habit of Notochloena chUensis. 



26. Mettenius and Kiihn, Linnaea, 36. p. 85, separate the Chilian plant under 

 the name of P. mj/rtUlifolia, by its rachises flattened above and margined, more 

 compound frond and numerous shorter-stalked pinnae. 



27. P. pulchella, var. P. microphylla, Mett. Kuhn, Linn. 36. p. 86; segm. 

 shorter, broader, flatter, and more cordate. 



Hab. New Mexico, G. Wright, 825. 



85*. P. Zippellii, Baker; st. short, tufted, scaly; fr. lanceolate, \\ ft. I., 

 2h in. br., simply pinnate ; pinnce 50-60-jugate opposite, patent, short-stalked, 



