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Adiantum — continued. 



A. Leprieurii, Hook. Hab. . Guiana ; moist declivities of the 

 mountain Matouri. $. 

 Hypolepis. 



H. repens, Presl. Hab. : Organ Mountains, Brazil, Ilhios. 



H. nigrescens, Hook. Hab. : banks of the Amazon. 

 Cbeilantbes. 



Oh. monticola, Gardn. Hab. : Brazil, province of Goyaz ; side 

 of a narrow ravine on the summit of the Serra de N atividade. $. 



Oh. regularis, Mett. Hab. ; Brazil. $. 



Ch. radiata, JJ. Sr. (Hypolepis radiata, Hook). Hab. : ' Rio de 

 Janeiro, in woods on the Corcovado.' C. Bunhury. 



Ch. dichotoma, Swartz. Hab. : Brazil, Uruguay. 



Ch. incisa, Kunze. Hab. : south of Brazil. 



Ch. chlorophylla, Sw. (Hypolepis spectabilis. Link). Hab. : 

 Brazil, common about Rio, Organ Mountains, Rio Grande. ' Estiva, 

 on the road from Rio to Minas, in a rather dry wood ; St. Cathe- 

 rine's and Porto Alegre.' C. Bunbury. 



Ch. flexuosa, Kunze. Hab. : Brazil, Cape Goyan ; Minas Geraes, 

 in very sterile places. 

 Caasebeera. 



C. triphylla, Kaulf. Hab. : S. Brazil ; Monte Video ; Porto 

 Alegre. 



C. pinnata, Kaulf. Hab. : S. Brazil, province of St. Catherine, 

 Minas Geraes ; stony shady places, province of St. Paul, Serra de 

 Natividade. 



C. gleichenioides. Gaud. Hab. : bushy rocky places, Diamond 

 district, Brazil. 



Pelleea. 



P. columbina. Hook. (P. lomariacea. Hook. Sp.). Hab. ; British 

 Guiana ; Brazil ; old walls, Infecionado, Diamond district ; summit 

 of the Organ Mountains. 



P. geranifefolia, Fee. Hab. : Brazil, ' Rio de Janeiro, on rocky 

 banks at a rather low level, in the granite quarries near the city.' 

 C Bunhiry ; Hook. Cent. Ferns, t. 15. 



Pterls. 



Pt. litobrochioides, Khtzseh. Hab. ; British Guiana and Amazon 

 Valley. 



Pt. quadriaurita, Retz. Hab. ; ' Gongo Soco, Minas Geraes, 

 Brazil ; in thick shady woods.' C. Bunbury. 



Pt. pungens, WiUd. Hab. : French Guiana. 



Pt. heterophylla, lAnn. Hab. : Brazil, Rio. 



Pt. gracilis, F4e. Hab. : Brazil ; ' Rio, in a very shady spot in 

 the deep narrow channel of a dry water-course, overhung by thick 

 vegetation in the woods beside the aqueduct, the elevation pro- 

 bably below 1,000 feet.' C. Bunbury. 



Pt. deflexa, Link. Hab. : ' shady places about Rio, Gongo Soco ; 

 Minas Geraes, in thick shady woods.^ C. Bunhury. 



Pt. aquilina, Linn. Hab. : Guiana ; Brazil, abundant. Santa 

 Rosa and Minas Geraes. ' This var. of Aquilina (Pt. arachnoides, 

 Kaulf.) is very common in the provinces of Rio de Janeiro and 

 Minas Geraes, especially in the capociras, or woods of second growth, 



