i52 CTATHEA. 



20*. C. boconensis, Karst. ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; rachises densely clothed 

 with spreading^ subulate scales ; pinnce oblong -lanceolate, 1 ft. or more 1., 

 ^ ft. br. ; pinnl. ligulate, subsessile, 4 in. br. ; segm. J in. br., distinctly toothed ; 

 texture moderately firm ; ribs below clothed with pale bullate scales ; veinlets 

 6-8-iugate, most forked ; scri medial ; inv, fragile, glabrous. — Fl. Columb. 2. 

 p. 171. *.. 190. 



H.\b. Andes of Colambia. 



S3*. C. decrescens, Mett. ; _fr. ample, tripinnate ; rachises dark-stramineous, 

 densely pilose on the upper side, furnished below with immersed glands ; pinnce 

 oblong-lanceolate, 8 in. 1., the lower diminished, the lowest dimorphous, with 

 multifid divisions like those of Hemitelia capensis ; segm. 6-8 lin. 1., 2^ lin. br., 

 nearly entire, the lower free ; texture ohartaceous ; both surfaces, especially the 

 lower, pilose on the ribs ; sori near the costa ; inv. fragile, membranous. — Kuhn, 

 Fil.Afr.p. 164. 



Hab. Madagascar, Ooudot, Boimn. 



33*. C. Boivini, Mett. ; fr, ample, tripinnate ; rachises muricated, with a few 

 linear scattered brown scales with a pale edge, densely pilose on the upper side ; 

 pinrwB oblong-lanceolate ; pinnl. subsessile, cut down to the raohis or a narrow 

 wing ; segm. obtuse or acute, the fertile crenate, soriferous from base to tip ; 

 texture moderately firm, the under side glabrous ; veins distinct, forked, or 

 subpinnate ; sori filling up the space between edge and midrib, 6-10-jugate; 

 inv. firm, with a truncate mouth. — Kuhn, Fil. Afr. p. 162. 



Hab. Madagascar, Boimn, 1602. 



34. Var. C. marattioides, Willd. ; lower pinnl. 2-3 in. !., |-| in. br., entire, 

 free and cordate at the base ; veins 30-40-jugate. — HooL Sp, 1. p. 16. Hemi- 

 telia cordata, Desv. Hook iSp, l.p. 33. 



Hab. Madagascar. 



52*. C. propingua, Mett. ; fr. ample, tripinnate ; basal scales lanceolate acu- 

 minate, drab-brown with a pale border, |-1 in. 1. ; rachises stramineous, naked ; 

 pinnce oblong-lanceolate, 1-1|^ ft. 1. ; pinnl. lanceolate, 3-4 in. 1., 1-lJ in. br., the 

 lower short-stalked ; segm. blunt, falcate, crenulate, 2-2^ lin. br. ; texture rigidly 

 subcoriaceous ; upper surface dark-green, naked except the ribs ; lower paler, 

 naked, or slightly scaly on the ribs ; veins distinct, 6-10-jugate, forked ; sori 

 medial, middle-sized; inv, persistent, moderately firm, glabrous. — C. affinis. 

 Brack, nmu Svo. 



Hab. Fiji and Samoa. 



62*. C. Brachenridgei, Mett. ;//". ample, tripinnate; ractoe* grey-stramineous, 

 not muricated, minutely furfuraceous upwards ; pinna oblong- lanceolate, 

 1^-2 ft. 1. ; pinnl, sessile, 3-4 in. 1., j-1 in. br. ; segm. blunt, falcate, crenate, 

 2 lin. br. ; texture moderately firm ; upper surface dark-green, pilose on main 

 ribs ; lower pale-green, glabrous, with scattered white bullate scales on the 

 ribs; »A« 9-10-jugate, forked; sori medial, small ; inv, glabrous, persistent, 

 Bubtruncate. — Anii, Mus. Lug. Bat. l.p, 66. 



Hab. Solomon Isles, MUne. 



62*. C. inmo-erenata. Baker ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; rachises stramineous ; 

 pinnce oblong-lanceolate, 1 ft. or more 1. ; pinnl, lanceolate, sessile, 2|-3 in. 1., 

 f in. br., cut down to a narrow wing into close, ligulate, blunt, conspicuously 

 inciso-crenate segm, 2 lin. br. ; texture rigidly subcoriaceous ; surfaces quite 



