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Classification and Description 
apex, irregularly and slightly laciniated, converging and re- 
flected from margin of frond. Eachis , deeply channelled on 
upper surface, scabrous, orange-brown. Stipe , 30—40 
inches, rough, hairy and shaggy at base. Hairs, Hattish, 
tapering, corrugated, pellucid, and jointed. Root, fibrous. 
Hah, On clayey declivities in dry woods, between Cape 
Brett and Wangarei Bay, E. Coast ; 1839 and 1842. 
Ohs. I can but consider this plant as intermediate between 
the two genera, Lonchitis and Cheilanthes ; and as a link 
uniting both ; possessing as it does, the simple venation of 
the latter, with the sinus-situated sori of the former genus. 
After some hesitation, however, I have concluded to place it, 
for the present at least, among the Cheilanthii. 
This species appears to be a very scarce plant, I only 
having seen two or three specimens, and these only in that 
district, near the sea-coast. 
§ Schizolome.®, Frey et Gaud. 
Lindseea, Dryand. 
Sporangia apicibus venarum imposita, in sorum continuum, 
marginem frondis ambeuntem collecta. Indusium membra- 
naceum, continuum, frondem ambiens, extrorsum liberum, 
j Endl. 
15. L. virxdis, n. sp. Plant, somewhat tufted, sub- 
erect, lax, drooping, membranaceous, glabrous, terrestrial. 
Frond, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, bipinnate, 6— 9 inches, 
colour, an agreeable light green. Pinnules ; primaries, tra- 
pezio-ovate, somewhat falcate, truncate, bifid, petiolate, alter- 
nate ; lowermost opposite : secondaries, triangular-falcate, 
truncate, petiolate, alternate, sub-pinn.atifid segments , 
cuneate, linear-spathulate, entire, decurrent, bifid, emarginate, 
toothed and mucronate, 1 — 2 veined. Involucre, emargi- 
nate, somewhat praemorse, dilated, slightly plicate. Rachis , 
dexuose, deeply channelled. Stipe, semi-angular, 2—3 
inches long, brittle, slightly scaled at base. Root, fibrous. 
Hah. On wet rocks in stony ravines, in the dense forest 
