PELLSA. 477 



6-7-jiigate below the pinnatifid apes, lowest laigest, 3 in. L ; phmL distant, 

 adnate bj a broad base, ovate-deitoid, acute; npper surface gbbrons, lower 

 haiiy on the ribs ; ine. continnons, glabrons, com^ted. — P. flarescens, JFmoTi. 

 Rl. Mil, p. 119. non Fie, 



Hab. Meneo, Boargmv. 



15*- P. hraehjfptara. Baker ; rhisome shorl-creepms, clothed towards the end 

 with snbnlate ^ales ; st. 4-6 in. L, naked, castane.:>as ; /r. 4-6 in. L, lanceolate, 

 bipinnate ; pimuBTm' short, sessfle, ereeto-patent, semicirciLlar, lower consisting 

 of 7-9 narrow lin^r pirmL J-J in. L, wiUi edge rerolate, mncronate tip and 

 rounded ba^; taeture rigidlj coriaceous; smfaces naked, dnU-green; seois 

 obscure, immer^d. — Flatjioma brachyptemm, Moore, Chird. Claim. 1873, p. 141. 



Hab. Califomia, HorL Veitdi. — Placed by FmL Eaton as a variefy of onti&opta. 



15^- P. Sefiii, Baker ; it. Sin., naked, ebeneons ; fr. 5-6 in. L, linear, bipin- 

 nate or sobtripinnate ; phmm nnmeions, ovate, sessile, i-f in. L ; pimd. 4-6- 

 jngate^ linear-oblong, ^ in. L, mncronate, ronnded a: base. loTvest sometimes 

 2-3-nate, the edges stronglj rerolnte ; rachis naked, castaneons ; l^iture rigidly 

 coiiaceons; surfaces dalt^reen, naked; tans obseore, immersed. — ^Platjioma 

 bella, Moore, Gtard. Chron, 1873, p. 213. 



Hab. Califomia, Hort. VduA. — "Seax &e lasi^ but mnch more sloider, wiSi more 

 nmneroTis and shorter pinnules. 



16^. P. fiaeseens. Fee ; rhhome sbort-creeping, clothed with adpressed dark- 

 brown lanceolate scales ; St. naked, ebeneons, i-1 ft. L ; fi". oblong- or lan- 

 ceolate-deltoid, 6-12 in. L, 2-3-pinnate ; racUses black, wiry, naked ; pimuB 

 dose, lanceolate, patent, short-stalked, lowest rather longest, pinnate or with 

 lowest pinnl. pinnate with 2-3-jngate s^m. ; se^, ovate-oblong, 1^2 lin. br., 

 blnnt or snbacnte, with strongly reyolnte edges ; texture rigiSy coriaceons ; 

 surfaces naked, dnll-green ; eeuu immersed ; inif. firm, perdstent, crisped, with 

 dose indentations. — Fil &tis. U 22. jig. 2. P. Bongardiana, Baker, FL Bras. 

 fax. 49. p. 2/ffI. t. 55. fig. 2. 



H^. Bio Jan^TO, Bongard, CSaiioa. 



22*. P. Gregan, Mett. ; rhizome short-creeping, densely clothed with snbnlate 

 black-brown toothed scales ; st. 1-3 in. L, reddi^ opaque, siightly scaly ; fr. 

 2-3 in. L, orate-lanceolate, 2-3-pinnate ; lower pinnes short-stalke^ oYate-lan- 

 ceolate ; phaiL sessUe, narrowed at base ; segm. sessile, oblong or ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, 1-2 lin. 1., with revolnte edges ; ta^ure coriaceons ; under surface white- 

 farinose ; nans immersed ; sari hidd^i by rerolnte edge of sesments. — Kuhn, 

 Linn. 36. p. SS. 



Hab. Mexico, I>r. Gregg, Vol. — General balut of KnloMana dateasis. 



"215. Mettenins and Knhn, Linnsea, 36. p. 85, separate the Chilian plant under 

 the name of P. tmfrlOUfolia, by its rachises flattened above and margined, more 

 compound &ond and numerous shorter-stalked pinns. 



27. P. pulehdla, var. P. adaroph^Ua, Meti Kuhn, Ziinn. 36. p. 86; s^m. 

 shorter, Iffoader, flatter, and more cordate. 



3aab. Kew Mesico, 0. Wright, 823. 



3S^. P. Zigpdlii, Baker ; st. short, tufted, scaly ; fr. lanceolate 1^ ft. L, 

 2\ in. br., simply pinnate ; pinncg 50-60-jngate oppcsiie^ patent short-stalked. 



