48 11. WOODSIA, §§ PHYSEMATIUM. 



9. W . poh/stichoides, Eat. ;/»-. a span long, subcoriaceo-membranaceous, opaque, 

 lanceolato-pinnate, sparsely subulato-squamulose ; ^otbcb ' patent, approximate, 

 sessile, 6-8 in. 1., lanceolate, acute, cuneato-truncate at the base, acutely auricled 

 at the superior base, entire or obsoletely crenate at the apex, indistinctly costate, 

 veins immersed, simple or forked ; son marginal in a distinct line or series ; invol. 

 globose, of 4-5 concave, ciliated, incurved scales, strongly ciliated. —Hk, 2nd Cent, 

 of F. t. 2.— p. VeitcUi; fr. very villous. Hh. Gmd. F. t. 32. /. 1. 2. 4-6.— 

 y. sinuata ; pinnse broader, more obtuse, lobato-pinnatifid. Hk. 1. c. t. 32./. 3. 



Hab. a. and /3. Japan, Eaton k Wilfwd. — y. Manchuria, a. Ta-lien-kwan, Yellow 

 Sea, China, Bwnie. 



10. W. manchtiriensis, Hk. ; Jr. 6-8 in. ]., thin, membranaceous, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, pinnated ; pinnce sessile,. 1 in. or more 1., rather remote, 

 oblong-obtuse, pinnatifid ; lobes oblique, patent, ovate, obtuse, entire or slightly 

 sinuate, unisorous ; veins pinnated in each lobe, lower superior vein soriferous ; 

 invol. globose, thin, membi-anaceous, at length opening with 'a toothed edge to the 

 contracted mouth. — Hk. 2nd Cent, of F. t. 98. 



Hab. Manchuria, Wilford. Japan, Maximowict. 



11. W. Bwgessiana, Gerr. mst. ; fr. 6 in. 1., 2 in. w., lanceolate, glandulose- 

 pubescent, membranaceous, flaccid, pinnated ; pinnm sessile, from a broad trun- . 

 cated base, oblong, pinnatifid ; lobes broad, subtrunoated, toothed at the apex ; 

 sori small, rather, sparse, submarginal ; invol. thin, membranaceous, depressed- 

 hemispherical, sublobate (apparently from the long capsules within), opening 

 irregularly at tha,apex, persistent, at length breaking down, into a very irre- 

 gular margin. 



Hab. Tugela E., Natal, Q^aird, McKen. 



12. W. oiftijffi, Torrey ; «if.''tufted, not articulated, 3-6 in. I., castaneous towards 

 Hase ; scaUs broad-lanceolate ; fr. oblong-lanceolate, narrowed to both ends, 

 6-9 in. 1., bipinnate or tripinnatifid ; central pinnce sessile, lanceolate-deltoid, 

 1-1^ in. 1., lower reduced ; pinnl. oblong, blunt, crenulate, or lowest subpinnatifid ; 

 texture moderately thick, not at all coriaceous ; both sides green, especially the 

 lower, glanduloso-pilose ; sori submai-ginal, 6-12 to largest pinnules ; inv. a small 

 membranous lacerated white cup. Hk. Sp. Fil. 1. p. 63. Ga/rd. F. t. 43. W. 

 Perriniana, i/,?;. and Gr. Ic. Fil. t. 68. W. ii cisa, Gill. HI:, and Gr. Ic. Fil. t, 

 191. iSp. Fil. 1. p. 63. /3, W. peruviana, Hk. ; pinul. not close, blunt, sharply 

 inciso-pinnatifid. — Hk. Sp. 1. p. 61. fig. 21 B. y, crenata (Kze.), texture more 

 rigid ; pinnce lanceolate, pinnatifid, with close broad blunt subentire lobes. 

 Cheilanthes crenata, Kze. Hk._ Sp. Fil. 2. p. 86. Polypodium flabellatum, 

 Klotzsch. 



Hab. United States from Oregon southwards, and along the Andes to Peru and 

 TJraguay. /3, Peru, y, Andes. 



13. W. scopulina, Eaton ; st. densely tufted, 2-3 in. 1., castaneous below ; 

 scales large, lanceolate ; fr. 4-6 in. 1., oblong-lanceolate, bipinnate, narrowed 

 from the middle to both ends ; central pinnce lanceolate, sessile, §-^ in. 1., cut 

 down to rachig or a narrow wing into close ligulate-oblong crenato-pinnatifid 

 lobes ; texture membranous ; upper surface slightly, lower densely, gltaduloso- 

 pilose, with a few minute linear scales on the ribs ; sori submarginal ; inv. like 

 that of ohtMsa.—Canad. Nat. 1865, p. 90. W. ohtusa, var. Lyalliij Hk. S^n. 

 edit. 1. p.4S. 



Hab. Hooky Mountains. — Scarcely more than a variety of obtusa. 



14. W. oregana, Eaton ; St. densely tufted, not articulated, castaneous, 2-4 in. 

 I.; scales minute linear-lanceolate ; fr. oblong-lanceolate, narrowed to both ends, 



