Asi-iiMi:.i: — NKi'iiicoitii M. 23 



(11) N. exiguum llookiT. Stiju's tufted, 15 to 25 cm. l»i;,'li, sIcikIit, 

 •rrny, iinknl; linml Jd lu 25 iiii. lii^li, '.i to 5 cm. l)r«)ii(i ; pinna' 2 to 3 cm. 

 lonj;, 1 cm. Iiiiiiid. cut down liiilf way to tlic uiitlril) or more into close, 

 obtuse lobes, pjipv raceo-beibaceous ; raciiis villous; veinlets obscure, 2 to .3 

 on encli side; soii near tlu> veins. 



Luzon, f'it)niii;i 251. 272. 



(12) N. Beddomei Maker. Kliizome sliiider wide-creeping; stipe 15 

 to 25 (Ml. Iii^'li, slender, glossy; frond 15 to 50 cm. lii;,di. 5 to 10 cm. 

 broad, lanceolate; central piiuue the lar^'esl, I? to 5 cm. I<>n^', lanceidate, 

 cut (low II to tlieir racliis into close, ratiirr acute, entire lobes, {glabrous 

 except fnr the veins, liiin: lower |)iMMa' distant and dwindling down very 

 gradually; veinlets 4 to 5 on a side; sori close to the incurved margin, 

 indusiate. 



Menguet, Lolur, TupiiiiKj '.V.W, Kliiicr ti4!tl. 

 India, Java, southern China. 



(13) N. Luersseni Tlarriiigtmi, .Tourn. T.inn. Soc. 16:20. Stipes clus- 

 ter«'d. firm, shining, light i)uiplish; frond 45 to 75 cm. high, 15 to 25 

 cm. broad, oblong, tajx'ring abruptly to the base; jiinn.r 10 to 20 cm. 

 long, 2 to 4 cm. broad, lanceolate, acuminate, jointed at the base, cut 

 ilown almost <>r (Hiitt> to tlie rachis into numerous linear or olilanceolate 

 lobes 2 to 4 cm. long, mend)ranaceous, glabrous, lowest pinuic very small; 

 veinlets 8 to 12 on a side, distant; sori marginal, indusiate. Near X. 

 prolixum Baker. 



Baluku Island, growing on the margin of a pond, Steere. 



(14) N. oxydon (Baker in .lourn. of Bot., 1S79, p. 66, sub Bolypodio) 

 should probably be inserted lure. 



Jolo Archipelago, Jiurbidf/c. 



(15) N. sagenoides (Mett.) Baker. Stipes tufted, slender, 15 to 50 

 cm. high, almost black, polished, scaly at the base; frond 150 to 60 cm. 

 high, half as broad; pinnae 10 to 15 cm. long, .3 to 4 cm. broad, narrowed 

 gradually from the base to the apex, cut down nearly to tlie midrib into 

 linear-oblong, obtuse, crenate or entire lobes, papyraceo-herbaccous, gla- 

 brous; veinlets 6 to 10 on a side, forked; sori terminal on the acropetal 

 branch, nearer the margin than tlio vein, indusiate. 



Davao. WarhK,;/ 14122, Vopeland 1238. 

 Malaya. 



(16) N. obscurum (Fee) Diels. Stipes tufted, 30 cm. high, black, 

 glo.ssy, naked; frond 20 to 40 cm. high, deltoid-oblong, acuminate; pinnae 

 aboiit 10 cm. long. 2 to 3 cm. broad, cut three-fourtlis of the way to 

 the midrib into close, obtuse lobes 5 mm. broad, thin-papyraceous; veinlets 

 6 to S on a side, forked ; .sori subterminal on the acropetal branches, 

 medial. 



Philippines. Cuniinfj 302; Rizal, Lohrr, a small form. 

 Tavoy ? 



(17) N. syrmaticum (Willd.) Baker. Rhizome erect; stipes tufted, 

 30 to 60 cm. high, stramineous; frond 100 cm., more or less, high, less 

 than half as broad; pinna; 15 to 25 cm. long, about 4 cm. broad, cut down 



