72 
ß. Sori punctiformes oligocarpi ; dentes fertiles revoluti ; folia glaberrima hirsuta vel pilis stellatis 
obsita (Spec. 23 — 31). 
f Lamina linearis vcl elongatn-lanceolata ; segmenta inferiora manireste (lecrescentia (Spec. 23 — 25). 
23. Ch. micropteris Sw. s. 126, 324 T. 3. fig. 4; W. V. 455; Hk. spec. f. II. 
76; Mett. f. h. Lips. 49. 
Adiantum Poir. enc. suppl. I. 140. 
Brasilia. 
23 b. Ch. Kleinliofii Bl. en. 137; Acrostichum appendiculatum W. in herb. Blume. — Java. 
Ab auctore inter species Cheilanthis bipinnatas recensetur, ex descriptione autem est simpliciter pinnata, 
pinnis suboppositis ovato-oblongis obtusis repando-crenulatis, superioribus integris, inferioribus auriculato-bilobis. 
24. Ch. mysurensis Wall. cat. 66; Hk. sp. II. 94. T. 100 A. 
Rhizoma repens, paleis rigidis nigricanti-fuscis lanceolato-subulatis densissime vesti- 
tum; folia coriacea stricta glabriuscula vel glaberrima ; petiolus % — 1" longus, castaneus 
nitidus, supra alato-sulcatus, infra subrotundatus ; lamina 4—7" longa, lanceolata bipin— 
natisecta ; segmenta primaria opposita , patenti - divergentia , distantia , sessilia , ovato- 
oblonga obtusa, inferiora manifeste decrescentia remota, secundaria adnata vel basi 
inferiore decurrente coadunata subovato - oblonga vel oblonga obtusa pinnatifida vel pin- 
natipartita; lobi obovato - cuneati bifidi, superiores decrescentes indivisi, steriles porrecti, 
breviter acuti, fertiles obtusi reflexi, sensim attenuati, apice scariosi, sorum sporangiis 
perpaucis formatum subtegentes. 
Asplenium Heyne? ex Hk. 1. c. ; — Ch. fragrans Sw. s. 127, 325 T. 3 f. 6 ; W. V. 457; 
Kz. Linn. 10. 538; Adiantum Poir. enc. suppl. I. 141; — Cheilanthes opposita Klf. en. 
211 ex Kz. Linn. 10. 538; — Ch. Wallichii Spr. herb; — Ch. melanocoma Bory Bel. 
crypt. 71 ; — Ch. Swartzii Webb. et Berth. Phyt. can. 453. — Adiantum melanocaulon 
Heyne ex Moore ind. 
India orientalis (Bottler, Wallich). 
24 b. Ch. chusana Hk. sp. II. 95 T. 106 B. — Chusan. 
Statura humiliore magis quam charactere ab antecedente diversa videtur. 
25. Ch. Mathewsii Kz. f. I. 50. T. 25; Hk. sp. II. 91. 
Rhizoma repens, paleis rigidis adpressis nigricanti-fuscis lanceolato-subulatis onustum; 
folia subcoriacea vel rigide membranacea utrinque glandulose pubescentia vel hirta; 
petiolus 4 — 5" longus, teres fuscus nitidus, breviter glandulose hirtus; lamina 8' ' longa, 
lineari-lanceolata bipinnatisecta ; segmenta primaria alterna breviter petiolata ovata obtusa, 
inferiora manifeste decrescentia ; secundaria utrinque 6 — 9, contigua vel coadunata lineari- 
oblonga, pinnatifida ; lobi rotundati obtusi subbifidi ; lobuli subrevoluti, soros e sporangiis 
paucis 2—4 formatos subtegentes, vix mutati. 
