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Classification aud Description 
apex, irregularly and slightly laciniated, converging and re¬ 
flected from margin of frond. Rachis, deeply channelled on 
upper surface, scabrous, orange-brown. Stipe , 30—40 
inches, rough, hairy and shaggy at base. HaFs, flattish, 
tapering, corrugated, pellucid, and jointed. Root, fibrous. 
Hub . On clayey declivities in dry woods, between Cape 
Brett and Wangarei Bay, E. Coast; 1839 and 184*2. 
Obs. 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 Chcilanthii . 
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. 
§ Schizo LOME/E, Frey ct (land. 
Lind&cea , Dry and. 
Sporangia apicibus venarum imposita, in sorum continuum, 
marginem frondis ambeuntem col lee ta. Indusium membra- 
naceum, continuum, frondern ambiens, extrorsum liberum. 
EndL 
15. L. viiUDIS, 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-pinnatifid : segments , 
cuneate, linear-spathulate,entire, decurrent, bifid, emargiuate, 
toothed and mueronate, 1—2 veined. Involucre, emargi- 
nate, somewhat pramiorse, dilated, slightly plicate. Rachis, 
flexuose, deeply channelled. Stipe, semi-angular, 2—3 
inches long, brittle, slightly scaled at base. Root, fibrous. 
llab. On wet rocks in stony ravines, in the dense forest 
