27. ONTCHIUM. 143 



in. 1., -J-f in. br. when flat, or somewhat compound below, the margins of the 

 segments much incurved in the mature plant ; texture coriaceous, both surfaces 

 naked; sori in close rows along the margins. — Hk. Sp. 2. p. 119. 



Hab. South Brazil. — C. peliolcUa (F6e, Mem. p. 30. t. 12), which we have not seen, is 

 perhaps a small form of this species. 



3. C. gleichenioides, Gardn. ; st. 6 in. 1., stout, erect, naked, polished ; fir. 6-9 

 in. 1., bipinnate, with stalked \\n&ax pinn(B 1-2 in. 1., cut down to the rachis into 

 numerous quadrangular pinnl. 1 lin. br., which are incurved and rolled over the 

 rachis, sometimes the lower branches again branched ; texture coriaceous ; sori 

 occupying the whole margin of the segments on which ihey are placed. — Hi. Sp. 

 2. p. 119. Ic. PI. t. 507. 



Hab. Diamond District, Brazil, Cfa/rdmer, 5295. — ^A very distinct and pecoliar plant, 

 with the habit of EuglMiettia. 



Gbn. 27. Ontchiujt, Kmdf. 



Sort placed upon a continuous linear receptacle, which connects the apices of 

 several veins. Invol. parallel with the margin of the segments, linear, opposite, 

 pressed down over the sori, the edge nearly or quite reaching the midrib. 

 Tab. III. f . 27. United by Mettenitis umth Pteris, from which the four closely 

 allied species differ rather in the cutting of the frond and the smaUness and narrow- 

 ness of the altimate segments than essentially in fructification, 



1. O. melanolepis, Decaisne; st. tufted, 4-6 in. 1., slender, naked, straw- 

 coloured ; fr. 3-4 in. 1., 2^ in. br., ovate, quadripinnatifid ; lower pinnce 1-1^ in.1., 

 deltoid ; pinnl. deltoid, distant ; ult. divisions linear-oblong when barren, not 

 more than 1-1^ lin. 1. ; texture thinly herbaceous, both surfaces naked ; invol. 

 nale, membranaceous. — Si. Sp. 2. p. 124. Ic. PI. t. 902. 



Hab. Arabia, Persia, and Abyssinia. 



2. O. strictum, Kunze ; st. tufted, slender, 6-12 in. 1., naked, polished, straw- 

 coloured ; fir. 6-9 in. 1., 3-4 in. br., ovate, quadripinnatifid ; pimiw deltoid ; 

 pinnl. with a few distant segm., which are very narrow and acute, entire or once 

 or twice cleft at the apex or slightly again branched ; ult. divisions sharp- 

 pointed and very narrow ; texture herbaceous ; rachis and both surfaces naked, 

 the fertile segments larger than the others ; invol. often considerably shorter than 

 the segments on which they are placed, pale, membranaceous. — Si. Sp. 2. p. 123. 

 2nd Cent. t. 32. 



Hab. Cuba ; gathered by Linden and Wright. 



3. 0. auratum, Kaulf. ; st. 6-12 in. 1., stout, erect, naked, straw-coloured or 

 pale-brown ; fir. 1 ft. or more 1., 6 in. br., ovate, quadripinnatifid ; lower pinnce 

 4r6 in. 1., subdeltoid, erecto-patent ; pinnl. and segm. numerous, usually deltoid ; 

 ult. divisions of the sterile frond often obovate-cuneate, trifid at the apex, not 

 more than 1 lin. 1., ^-f lin. br. when entire, coriaceous in texture, of the fertile 

 frond podhke, ^-1 in. L, ^ in. br.; rachis and both surfaces naked, the mem- 

 branous involucres and copious sori a rich golden-yellow. — Si. Sp. 2. p. 121. 

 Si. 4- Gr. 1. 121. 



Hab. Himalayas, ascending 5,000 ft., and Malayan Peninsula and Islands. 



.^ifimiigMilfeun:, Kunze ; st. 6-12 in. ]., stout, erect, naked, straw-coloured or 

 pale-brown ', fir.l ft. or more 1., 6 in. br., ovate, quadripinnatifid ; lower pinnce 

 4-6 in. 1., lanceolate-deltoid ; pinnl. and segm. numerous, usually deltoid, the 

 copious linear-mucronate ult. divisions lf-2 lin. 1., nearly uniform in the barren 



