30 PROF. M. W. nABUT^rGTON" O^ TROPICAL FERXS. 



frond 3-6 inches long, |-1 incli broad, oblong-oblanccolate, obtuse, 

 coarsely crenate, the divisions extending about one third the dis- 

 tance to the midrib, with usually 2-4 distant, oblong-obovate, 

 sessile pinnae at the base, rather smaller than the lobes ; texture 

 papyraceous ; surfaces villose throughout ; venules usually 6 on 

 each side, of which i unite with the opposite venules of the adja- 

 cent lobc; indusium small, hairy, rarely present. 



Found growing in small clusters on the ground in very shaded 

 places. Mountains of Panay island, Philippines. 



This plant is closely related to Hooker's iV^. Skinneri and N. 

 scolopendrioides \ but they are both American forms. 



Nephrodiu^ sophoroides, ~R> Broivn. Tsuisia, Formosa. 



A reduced form of this plant, probably merely starved, was 

 found in Formosa. The fronds are only 4-6 inches long (with 

 the stipe) ; the pinnae are obtuse, and broader ; texture coria- 

 ceous. Mr. Baker suggests that it bears the same relation to 

 A^. sophoroides that N. latifolium does to A^. moUe. 

 N. MOLLE, Desv, Svvatow, China. 



N. TRuyCATUM, PresL Luzon. 



202*. N. (Saokxia) suBPEnAxr^r, Ilarrinfjfon, n. sp. 

 Stipe 1 foot long, slender, stramineous ; frond 6-8 inches long, 

 5-7 in. broad, ovate, simple, 5-lobed, the lower divisions slight, the 

 upper extending two thirds of the way to the base ; apex acumi- 

 nate, base cordate, margin slightly undulate ; the central lobe Is 

 largest, ovate ; texture papyraceous ; areolae copious, each with 

 1-3 included free veinlets ; veins distinct nearly to the margin ; 

 sori few, small, scattered. 

 Near Takow, Formosa, 



An interesting fern, but only two specimens, only one of 

 which is fruiting, I have not found the indusium ; but its close 

 resemblance to N, ternatum. Baker, leads me to place the species 

 in the genus NepTirodium. It may possibly, with fuller material, 

 prove not to be distinct from A^. ternatum. 



N. LATiroLiFM, Baher. Formosa. 



. N. cicuTARiUM, Baher. Formosa. 



Nephrolepis coRDTroLTA, Presl. Kelung, Formosa. 



N. ACUTA, Presl. Luzon. 



N. RAMOSA, Moore. Isabella de Batilan, Philippines. 



N. FLOCCTQERA, Moorc. Amboyna. 



POLYPODTUM UROPHTLLUM, Wall. LuZOU. 



74*. P, (Gomopterts) aortsttsorum, Harrington, n. sp. 



