86 
58. Ch. radiata J. Sm. Hk. journ. 4. 159; Mett. f. h. Lips. 52; Brack, expl. 
92; Lowe f. IV. T. 14. — (Fig. 27.) 
Adiantum L. 7923; Sw. s. 121 ; W. V. 437; Plum. T. 100; Lam. enc. I. 41 ; Poir. suppl. 
I. 134; Arrab. fl. fluin. XI. T. 95 ; — Hypolepis Hk. sp. II. 72 T. 91 A. ; — Adianl- 
opsis Fee g. 145; — Actiniopteris J. Sm. ex Fee g. 1. c. 
Mexico , Antillae , Brasilia , Peruvia. 
var. Petiolus ala membranacea latiuscula decurrente marginatus, rachesque primariae manifeste alatae. 
Brasilia (Hildebrand. Blanchet 2457). 
Variat nervorum apicibus squamis calcareis onustis, indusiis herbaceis vel membranaceis scariosis. 
59. Ch. pedata A. Br. ind. sem. h. Berol. 1857. 
Rhizoma adscendens; folia rigide membranacea opaco - viridia glabra; petiolus 1' 
longus, ebeneus nitidus; lamina 6" — 1' longa, deltoidea acuminata, deorsum tripinnati- 
secta; segmenta primaria subsessilia, infima maxima inaequaliter ovata acuminata, 
superiora lineari-oblonga ; secundaria segmentorum infimorum elongato-oblonga , lateris 
inlerioris adaucta, basalia maxima; ultima sessilia 3 — 4"' longa, e basi inferiore dimi- 
diato-cuneata, superiore auriculata, ovata obtusa vel breviter acuta, leviter crenata; nervi 
vix translucentes, plerumque ad sinus crenarum soriferi; sori distincti; lobuli indusii- 
formes transverse oblongi submembranacei. 
Hypolepis Hk. sp. II. 73 P. 92 A. — Adiantopsis elongata Kl. Berl. Gartenz. 1855 ; 393. 
Jamaica, Veragua. 
60. Ch. chloropliylla Sw. Vetensk. acad. Handel. 1817. 76. 
Adiantopsis Fee mem. 8. 115; — Cheilanthes spectabilis Klf. en. 214; Mett. f. h. Lips. 52; 
Brack, expl. 92; Lowe f. IV. T. 15; — Adiantopsis Fee mem. 8. 115; Hypolepis 
Lk. spec. 67; Hk. sp. fil. II. 73 T. 88 B. ; — Cheilanthes brasiliensis Badd. f. bras. 
60 T. 75 f. 2; — Adiantopsis Fee g. 145; — Hypolepis comifolia Pr. t. 162; — 
Aspidium Pr. del. Prag. I. 175. 
Brasilia. 
f Rhizoma repens (Spec. 61 ). 
61. Ch. flexuosa Kz. Linn. 22. 578; Hk. spec. II. 104. 
Rhizoma?; folia membranacea, utrinque, infra densius, pubescenti-glandulosa; pe- 
tiolus 4" longus, castaneus nitidus, strictus, supra cum rachi leviter flexuosa sulcatus; 
lamina 8" longa, ovata, tri-quadripinnatisecta; segmenta primaria adscendenti-patentia 
petiolata ovato-lanceolata , secundaria et tertiaria breviter petiolata distantia ovata integra 
vel ovato-oblonga obtusa leviter crenata vel pinnatifida; sori sinus crenarum occupanfes; 
lobuli indusiiformes subscariosi distincti vel confluentes; paraphyses paucae sporangiis 
intermixlae. 
