88 
ß Nervi steriles dorsum dcntium adeuntes (Spec. 64—65). 
64. Ch. californica. 
Hypolepis Hk. sp. II. 71, T. 88 A; — Aspidotis Nutt in herb. Hook.; — Adiantopsis 
Moore Ind. 37; Cheilanthes Coulteri Harw. ex Hook. 
California. 
65. Ch. incisa Kz. herb. 
Rhizoma tenerum repens caespitosum vel oblique adscendens, paleis subulatis fuscis 
rigiduhs yestituin; folia chartacea laete viridia glabra; petiolus 1 — 2" longus, fuscus 
nitidus; lamina 1 — 1%" longa, ovata bi— tripinnatisecta ; segmenta primaria utrinque 3 — 6, 
erecto-patentia petiolata, 8"' longa, ovato-oblonga , ultima laxe disposita, e basi cuneata 
spatbulato-lanceolala , submucronato-acuminata , inciso-serrata ; dentes infimi plerumque 
steriles acuti superiores plerumque margine externo monosori abbreviati retusi ; nervi indivisi, 
steriles basin dentium inlrantes, superiores fertiles in dorso abbreviato retuso dentium soriferi; 
lobuli reflexi herbacei vel pallidi, transverse oblongi vel elongati, integerrimi (Fig. 28 — 31). 
Asplenium fluminense Bong. herb. Kz. ; — Lonchitis tenuifolia Beyr. 
Bio-Janeiro : Sierra D’Eslpella. 
Dilferl a Ch. californica, cui proxima, laciniis ultimis plerumque margine extrorso monosoris, Iobulis indusii— 
formibus transverse lunato-oblongis vel elongalis, sorisque ad apices retusos dentium abbreviatorum silis ; nec 
minus dispositione segmentorum secundi et tertii ordinis infimis, nempe plerumque latus exlerius laminae occupan- 
tibus, ab Ch. Schimperi et californica diversa. 
b. Margo revolutus continuus sensim attenuatus (Spec. 66 — 68). 
66. Ch. an gusti folia. H. B. Kth. nov. g. I. 17; Poir. enc. suppl. V. 536, 605. 
Rhizoma repens caespitosum , paleis subulatis rigidulis adpressis fuscis denique ni- 
gricantibiis vestitum; folia chartacea glabra fragilia ; petiolus 4 — 9" longus, ebeneus vel 
fuscus nitidus; lamina 4 — 8" longa, ovata vel quinquangularia-ovata vel ovato-lanceo- 
lata bi-tri-pinnatisecta ; segmenta primaria adscendenti-curvata subapproxjmata , alterna 
vel subopposita, petiolata ovato-lanceolata, secundaria vel tertiaria basi cuneatim atte- 
nuata adnata, ala angustissima confluentia, elongato-lanceolata, apice attenuato acuminata 
vel obtusiuscula, inferiora trisecta, sterilia serrata ; nervi angulo acuto e costa egre- 
dienles, furcati, steriles dorsum , fertiles sinus dentium adeuntes; margo sensim attenuatus 
continuus subscariosus, eroso-dentatus, soros tegens. 
Allosorus Pr. t. 152; Liebm. Mex. Bregn. 67; J. Sm. Bot. Herald. 5; - Onychium Kz. f. 
II. 11; Hk. sp. 11. 123; — Allosorus decompositus Mart. Gal. 43 T. 10 f. 2; — 
Cheilanthes Fee mem. 9. 9; Pellaea Hk. sp. II. 152. 
Mexico (Karwinsky). 
