372 50. NOTHOCHL.ENA, § EUNOTHOCHLffiNA. 



H, N. mqllis, Kunze ; rhizome woolly, very thick, the scales fibrillose, black ; 

 St. 2-3 in. 1., strong, erect, matted ; fr. 8-12 in, 1., lJ-2 in. br., tripinnate ; upper 

 pinncB close, the lower ones distant, lanceolate, with a very thick rachis, and often 

 upcurled ; the seffm. small, roundish ; texture thick, rigid ; upper sverfotce dark- 

 green, naked, lower and rachises woolly, with close thick short subferruginous 

 tomentum. — Hk. Sp. 5. p. 120. 



Hab. Chili and Andes of Guatemala. — A well-marked species, more rigid and robua' 

 than any of the preceding, with dense woolly tomentum beneath. 



** Fronds thinner in texture, and not so much matted ; stems slender. 

 Sp. 12-19. 



12. N. fragilis, Hk. ;■ st. 3-4 in. 1., very slender, wiry, naked, glossy, dark 

 chesnut-brown ; Jr. 1\-Z in. each way, deltoid ; lower pinnoe much the largest, 

 deltoid, with the \oYfe^ pirml. pinnate, with oblong pinnatifid segm. \-\ lin. br. ; 

 texture herbaceous ; both surfaces rather densely coated with grey spreading hairs ; 

 sori small, the edge slightly recurved. — Hh. Sp. 5. p. 114. t. 287. A. 



Hab. Aa-nhems-land, Tropical Australia, Dr. Mueller. Port Darwin, Schullz. 



13. N. hirsuta, Desv. ; st. tufted, 3-6 in. 1., glossy, dark chesnut-brown, slightly 

 villose ; fr. 6-8 in. 1., 1^-3 in. br., lanceolate-oblong, tri- or quadripinnatifid ; 

 lower ^JraMCB l-lj in. apart, subdeltoid, with lanceolate pinnl. and oblong blunt 

 entire or slightly-lobed segm. 1-2 lin..br. ; texture herbaceous ; rachis, and espe- 

 cially the under side, finely villose and glandular ; sori brown,— Hk. Sp. 5. 

 p. 116. 



Hab. Hong-Kong and Polynesian Islands. — The Philippine W. dema, J. Sm., is pro- 

 bably a less-divided form. In habit this closely resembles Chdlcmthes imuifolia, to which 

 N. nudiuacula, glah-a, and semiglabra of Sp. Fil. must probably be referred. 



14. N, distans, R. Br, ; st. densely tufted, 1-3 in. 1,, castaneous, wiry, clothed 

 with ferruginous linear scales ; fr. 6-9 in. 1,, |-1 in. br,, bipinnate ; lower pinn(B 

 distant, deltoid, cut down to the rachis into oblong obtuse entire or slightly-lobed 

 pinnl. ; texture subcoriaceous ; upper surface pale-green and slightly villose, lower 

 surface and rachis more or less densely coated with long linear ferruginous 

 scales ; pinnae often much curled together, and the edge incurved, — Hh. Sp. 5. 

 p. 114, 2nd Cent. t. 80. 



Hab. Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia. 



15. N. hypoleuca, Kunze ; rhizome bulbiferous, the scales rigid, fibrillose, dark- 

 brown ; St. tufted, slender, 2-4 in. 1., dark chesnut-brown ; fr. 4-6 in, 1,, |-1 

 in. br., bipinnatifid ; pinnce ^-f in. 1,, J-f in. br,, ovate, cut down nearly or 

 quite to the rachis below into blunt lobes ; texture subcoriaceous ; upper swrface 

 nearly naked, pale-green, lower densely matted with white or slightly ferruginous 

 tomentum ; edge slightly inflexed, — Hk. Sp. 5. p. 110, 



Hab. Chili. — This is the most matted of any of the group, but the stem is almost or 

 very nearly naked. 



16. N, PohUana, Kunze ; st. tufted, 3-4 in, 1,, slender, wiry, naked, ebeneous ; 

 Jr. 3-4 in. 1., 1^ in. br,, lanceolate, bipinnate ; pingice in numerous pairs, the 

 lowest the largest, lanceolate, with several sessile oblong crenated pinnl. ; texture 

 subcoriaceous ; both surfaces, especially the lower one, with long silky hairs ; 

 rachis ebeneous ; sori brown, — itk. Sp. 5. p. 118. *. 286. B. 



Hab, Brazil, PoJd, Gardner. 



17. N, eriophora, Fe'e ; st. tufted, wiry, 3-4 in, 1,, slender, dark chesnut-brown, 

 more or less villose ; Jr. 2-3 in, each way, deltoid, with 3-4 blunt linear-oblong 



