59. r.HElLANTHES. § 5. EUCHEILANTHES. 33§ 



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*. Fronds S-pinnali/id, herbaceous. , (8) Ch. fragilis. 



*•*• Fronds S-pinnatifid, subcoriaceous. (9) Ch. hirla. 



* (5) Ch. varians, Bfc., Hk. BL, Syn. JPil., 136; Hk., Spec. Fil., 

 II, tab. cm. A; Bedd.,' Perns S.I., tab. CLXXXIX; Ch. Belangeri, C. Chr., 

 Ind. Fil.; Pteris varians. Wall, List, No. 86. 



Stipes densely tufted, 5—15 c.M. long, dark-bown, polished, rather slender 

 and brittle, fibrillose below. Fronds 15—25 c.M. long, 3Vj— 5 c.M. broad, 

 lanceolate, 2-pinnatifid. Pinnae in numerous pairs, the lower ones opposite, 

 often 37j— 6 c.M. apart, ^'^—5% c.M. long, ± 2 c.M. broad, deltoid- 

 acuminate, cut down to the rachis in the lower part into oblong orj linear- 

 oblong, entire or slightly toothed lobes.^ Texture herbaceous ; rachis poFished 

 like the stipe; both surfaces naked. Sori copious, continuous; indusium nar- 

 row, membranaceous. 



Trap. Asia. 



* (6) Ch. tennifolia ««?., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 148; Hk., Spec. Fil., 

 II, tab. LXXXVII, G; Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. CLXXXVIII; Ch. hispidula, Kze, 

 Bot. Zeit., d848, 212; Trichomanes tenui folium, Burm., (oldest name). 



StipPf not fllffpH in-^9n pM Innp^ wiry^ flpviinco nohaA 'iFirk brOJVft, 



polished, slightly fibrillose towards the base. Fronds 10' — 20 cM^kjagfT— 10 

 c.M. broad, deltoid to lanceolate, 3-pinnatifid. Pinnae in,ji«iflerous, opposite, 

 erecto-patent pairs, the lowest 5 — 10 c.M. lop^fS— 5 c.M. broad, deltoid. 

 Pinnulae on the lower side the largestTme lowest + Vj^ c.M. long, cut 

 down to the rachis intooJile«grentire or sinuato-pinnatifid segments. Tex- 

 ture subcoriaceous>*RCEis polished like the stipe; both surfaces naked. Sori 

 roundish^.of-'gubcQntinuous ; indusium brownish, narrow, transversally oblong, 



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Trap. Asia, Australia, Polynesia, Tasmania, New Zealand. 



(7) Ch. muUififIa, Sw., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 138; Hk., Spec. Fil., 

 II, tab. C, B; Gard. Ferns, tab. XXXIX. 



Stipes tufted, 7 — 23 c.M. long, strong, erect, dark-chestnut-brown, polished, 

 slightly scaly towards the base. Fronds 7 — 30 c.M. long, 5 — 20 c.M. broad, 

 ovate-lanceolate or deltoid, 3 — 4-pinnatifid. Lower pinnulae opposite, remote, 

 erecto-patent, deltoid, 5 — 15 c.M. long. Ultimate divisions linear-oblong, deeply - 

 lobed and the margin in the fertile fronds much recurved. Texture subco- 



