17. TBICHOMANES, §§ EUTKICHOMANES. 83 



J- j in. tr., ovate-lanceolate or lineav-oblong, bipinnatifid ; pinnce reachinp; down 

 verynearlytotherachis, the lower ones ovate-oblong, cut about halfway down into 

 broadly linear segments ; substance membranaceous, the surface slightly hairy, 

 margin ciliated ; veins slender, the lateral veins of the pinnae usually once 

 branched ; sori 1 to 2 to a pinna, terminal, tube sunk, mouth ciliated, spreading, 

 but scarcely two-lipped. — Mk. Sp. 1. p. 131. 



Hab. West Indian Islands and Andes of Ecuador, — This constitutes the genus 

 Eagqtelus of Preel.- 



66. T. hicens, Swartz ; caud. scarcely creeping ; st. tufted, 2-4 in. I., stout, 

 densely clothed with long, fine, ferruginous hairs ; fr. 6-18 in. 1., 2-4 in. br., 

 oblong-lanceolate, fuUy pinnate ; pinnce very close, often imbricated, transversely 

 crisped, pinnatifid about halfway down to the costa, the lower ones linear- 

 acuminate, 1-2 in. 1., J-f in. br. ; substance delicately membranaceous ; rachis 

 densely tomentose ; costa and veins also rufo-viUose ; sori as many as 20 

 to a pinna, occupying the greater part of both edges, tube quite sunk, mouth 

 with two lateral projections. — Hk. Sp. 1. p. 139. t. 41. A. T. splendidum, 

 V. D. B. 



Hab. Tropical America, from Guatemala and Jamaica southward to Peru. 



57. T. Lamhertianum, Hk. ; caud. scarcely creeping, tomentose ; st. stout, 4-5 

 n. 1., densely clothed with long, fine, reddish-brown hairs ; fr. 6-12 in. 1., not 



more than 1 in. br., linear-oblong, acuminate, pinnate ; pinnce densely crowded, 

 imbricated, subsecund, oblong, obtuse, cut more than halfway down to the 

 rachis ; pinnl. again pinnatifid with linear-oblong segm. ; substance thin, but 

 the frond much crisped, and especially the rachis, densely tomentose ; sori 4 to 12 

 to a pinna, the tube quite sunk, the mouth with two lateral projections. — Hk. 

 Si/n. 1. p. 139. t. 41. B. 



Hab. Peru. — A singular plant, with very closely-crowded pinnae and segments, the 

 alliance of which is evidently with T. lucens. 



**** Main rachis of the frond guite free or only very sUghtly winged towards 

 the apex, Sp. 58-77. 



f Fronds simply pinnate, pinnules not divided, Sp. 58-60. 



58. T. ccespifosum, Hk. ; rhizome wide-creeping, densely interlaced ; fr. sessile 

 or nearly so, 1-2 in. 1., |^in. br., simply pinnate ; pinnce concave, linear-oblong, 

 entire, about J in. 1. by ^ lin. br., the under surface, or solitary costa only, 

 clothed with strong brown hairs ; texture rather rigid ; sori 1 only to a pinna, 

 terminal, the tube obovate-cuneate, quite immersed, the mouth spreading, with 

 two rounded lips. — Hk. Syn, \,p. 132. t, 40. B. Serpyllopsis, V.D.B. 



Hab. S. Chili, Cape Horn, and Falkland Islands. A very distinct plant, placed by 

 Van den Bosch in a genus by itself near L^tocionium. 



69. T. javanicum, Blume ; caud. tufted, with numerous strong wiry roots ; st. 

 1-4 in. 1., wiry, erect, naked or villose ; fr, 2-8 in. 1., 1-2 in'br., ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, once fully pinnate; lower pinnce often 1 in. 1., fin. br,, oblong, 

 obtuse or acute, obliquely cuneate at the base, finely toothed ; texture sub- 

 coriaceous ; veins numerous, close, central costa not clearly marked or con- 

 tinuous to the apex ; sori 1 to 4, placed in the axils of linear segments on the 

 upper side of the pinnae^ tube free, the mouth broadly dilated but not two- 

 lipped ; recept. much exserted. — Hk, Sp. 1. p. 130, Hk. S Gr. Ic. Fil. t. 240. 

 Cephalomanes, V.D.B, 



Hab. Tropical Hindostan, Malayan Peninsula, Borneo, Java, Polynesian Islands, and 



