484 58. NOTHOLAENA. § 1. EUNOTHOLAENA. 



distant, + deltoid-oblong, equalling ^or smaller than. those next above, pinnate 

 towards the base. Pinnulae sessile, to I'/i c.M. long, to 4 m.M. broad, blunt, 

 crenate, lobed or pinnatifid, the lobes oblong, blunt, small. Texture herba 

 ceous; rachises and lower part of the costae fibrillose; veins sparingly fibril- 

 lose, the fibrils whitish or brownish. Sori small, consisting of few or not very 

 numerous capsules, confluent into a rather narrow, more or less interrupted 

 submarginal line, whether or not partially covered by the slightly recurved 

 margin. 



Vai*. (leiisa: Fronds narrower, to 3 c.M. broad, often less divided. 

 Sori broader, extending from the margin nearly or quite to the costules at 

 full maturity. — Under surface rather densely fibrillose-lanuginose. 



Trop. Asia, Australia ^ Polynesia. 



* (2) M. «1isians, n. Bw., Hk. Bk., Syn. PiL, 372; Hk., Icon. PI., X. 

 tab. CMLXXX: Cheilanthes distans, Mett., Farng., V, Cheil., 23; — var. leon- 

 topodium, Christ, Ann. Btz , XV, 169. 



Stipes tufted, S'/j— T'/a ^•^- l^^?' castaneous, wiry, clothed with ferru- 

 gineoHs, linear-lanceolate-subulate scales. Fronds 15 — 23 c.M. long, 2 — 3 c.M. 

 broad, 2-pinnate. Lower pinnae distant, deltoid, cut down to the rachis 

 below into oblong, obtuse, entire or slightly lobed pinnulae. Texture sub- 

 coriaceous; upper surface pale-green and slightly villose, rachis and under 

 side more or less densely coated with long, linear-lanceolate, ferrugineous 

 scales. Pinnae often much curled together and the edge recurved, suhindu- 

 siform. Sori at length continuous along the margin. 



War. leoniopofliiim: Scales of the under surface very long, while 

 when young. 



Philippines; Polynesia, New Zealand, Australia; — var. leontopodium : 

 Celebes. 



Species of a dubious systematical place. 



(3)? I\'. pteridiforniis, Ufc., Becc, Mai, III, 49; Gytnnogramme 

 pteridiformis, Ces., Fel., Becc, Polin., 5 & 8. 



Rhizome wide-creeping, slender, clothed with brown, fugacious scales. 

 Stipes 5 — 13 c.M. long, slender, brown, provided with scattered, ferrugineous, 

 furfuraceous, fugacious scales. Fronds pinnate, oblong, 20 — 25 c.M. long. 

 Pinnae 3—6, distant, glossy, naked, erect or moderately spreading; sterile 



