AN ENCYCLOPADIA OF HORTICULTURE. 443 
Nephrodium—continued. 
from near the bottom to the top, the lower ones deflexed, 4in. to 
bin. long, zin. broad, the lowest pairs very much so ; lobes broad 
and blunt, reaching about a quarter of the way down to the 
midrib. sori medial; involucre minute, fugacious. Brazil. 
(H. S. F. iv. 252.) 
f 
E 
‘Ss 
rat 
N. Richardsi (Richards’s). fronds oblong -lJanceolate, bipin- 
natifid, IAft. to lift. long, 8in. to gin. broad ; pinne moderately 
close, patent, ligulate-caudate, zin. broad, cut down to a narrow 
wing into close, ligulate, slightly repand, blunt lobes, one line 
broad; lowest pinnæ not reduced, their lowest lobes on both 
sides slightly so. sori medial; involucre firm, persistent, 
Nephrodium continued. : 
slightly pilose. New Caledonia. Greenh 
5 5 yp ni reenhouse, SYN. Lastrea 
N. rigidum (rigid).* sti. tufted, 6in. long, densely scaly below. 
Ti 
9 to Ift. long, din. to 6in. broad, oblong-lanceolate ; 
gest pinnæ 2in. to Sin. long, lin. to 1}in. broad, the pinnules of 
Fig. 680. NEPHRODIUM PATENS CRISTATA. 
the lower half free, ovate-rhomboidal, cut down nearly to the 
rachis below. sori close to thé midrib; involucre firm, promi- 
nent, fringed with glands. Europe (Britain), Asia Minor, North 
America. Hardy. : g 
„ Sanctum (sacred). sti. densely tufted, slender, 2in. to 3in. 
long, naked upwards, fronds bin. to Sin. long, lin. to 2in. broad, 
