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both edges of the segments, small, roundish. — ^Hypolepis, Hk. Sp. 2. p. 73, 

 t. 92. A. 



Hab. Jamaica ; discovered by Mr. Purdie. 



9. C. (Adiant.) dichotoma, Swartz ; St. densely tufted, slender, 4-6 in. 1., 

 polished, naked, dark chesnut-brown ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., 4-6 in. br., oblong, tri- or 

 quadripinnate, the main rachis very slender, zigzag, the secondary ones the 

 same, spreading at right angles ; pinnce 2-3 in. 1., deltoid ; pinnl. lanceolate- 

 oblong, cut down to the rachis into a few ternately-divided roundish or oblong 

 segm. or even again slightly branched at the base ; ult. divisions ^ in. each way ; 

 rachis naked and polished, both surfaces naked; swi small, roundish, marginal, 

 distinct.— 5*. Sp. 2. p. 104. t. 102. B. 



Hab. Quito, Brazil, and TJraguay. — Very different from all the others in manner of 

 growth, &c. 



10. C. (Adiant.) Seemanni, Hk. ; St. tufted, 3-6 in. 1., strong, wiry, erect, 

 dark chesnut-brown, fibrillose below ; fr. 4^9 in. 1., 2-3 in. br., ovate-lanceolate, 

 tripinnatifid ; pinnos in numerous nearly opposite pairs, the lowest 1^2 in. 1., 

 f in. br., lanceolate ; the pinnl, oblong-lanceolate, cut down to the rachis below ; 

 texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and both surfaces nearly naked ; sori roundish, 

 1 to 4 to the segments, lateral, not confluent ; imiol. pale-brown. — Hk. Sp. Fit. 2. 

 p. 85. t. 97. A. 



Hab. Sierra Madre, N.W. Mexico ; discovered by Dr. Seemann. — This may be a form 

 of 0. mierophylla, from which it differs only in its distinct involucres. 



11. C. (Adiant.) Schimperi, Hk. ; st. tufted, 3-6 in. 1., erect, wiry, naked, 

 chesnut-brown, glossy ; fr. 3-4 in. 1., nearly as broad, deltoid, quadripinnatifid ; 

 lower pinnce much the largest ; pinnl. lanceolate-deltoid, ult. divisions linear, 

 acute, entire or toothed, 2 lin. 1., less than ^ lin. br. ; texture subcoriaceous ; 

 rachis glossy, naked ; sori numerous, small, placed along both margins of the 

 ult. divisions. — Hi. Sp. 2. p. 70. 



Hab. Abyssinia ; discovered by Schimper. — Habit of Bypolepis ealifomica and Cliei- 

 lanthes tenuifolia. 



12. C. (Adiant.) incisa, Kunze ; St. 1-2 in. 1., erect, polished, naked, dark- 

 brown ; fr. 2 in. 1., 1 in. br., ovate-deltoid, tripinnatifid ; lower pinnce 1 in. 1., 

 cut down to the rachis into several oblong pinnl. ; segm. narrow, linear, sharp- 

 pointed ; texture subcoriaceous ; sori few, distant, marginal, roundish or trans- 

 versely oblong. — Mat. Cheil. No. 65. t. 3./. 28-31. Hypolepis serrata. Fee. 



Hab. South of Brazil, fide Meitenius. — There is no specimen of this in the Hookerian 

 Herbarium, but it is carefully figured and described by Prof. Mettenius, and seems a 

 very distinct plant. 



13. C. (Adiant.) chhrophylla, Swz. ; rhizome stout, paleaceous ; St. contiguous, 

 12-18 in. I., strong, erect, polished, naked, dark chesnut-brown ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., 

 4-8 in. br., ovate-lanceolate tripinnatifid ; pinnce 3-6 in. 1., | to IJ in. br., 

 distant, lanceolate ; pinnl. lanceolate, cut down to the rachis into numerous 

 entire linear-oblong segm. ; textwe herbaceous ; rachis like the stipe ; sori 

 numerous, small, roundish, placed on both edges. — Hypolepis spectabilis. Link, 

 Hk.Sp.i.p. 73. *. 88. B. 



Hab. South America, from New Granada southward to Monte Video. 



