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Nephrolepis - continued. Nephrolepis - continued. 
peltate: Syns. N. biserrata, N. ensifolia, N. punctulata, and N. d. furcans (forked). A beautiful and distinct. crested variety, 
7 ns. of robust growth, sending forth numerous arching fronds from 
N. biserrata (twice-serrated). A synonym of N. acuta. pein e — ripe 2 5 bo ages a 8 ö 
N. cordifolia (cordate-fronded).* cau. sub. erect or oblique, the ar ed te ent on the type. See Fig. 682, for which we are 
wiry fibres often bearing tubers. sti. tufted, wiry, Un! to din. indebted to Messrs. W. and J. Birkenhead. 
long, scaly. fronds lft. to 2ft. long, Izin. to Qin broad: pinnæ N. Duffi (Duff’s).* sti. Gin. to gin. long. „fronds about 2ft. long, 
close, often imbricated, about lin. long, zin. to gin. broad, usually tufted, pinnate, narrow-linear, the apex multifidly forked; tip 
blunt, the edge entire or slightly crenate, the under side rounded of frond two or three times forked, the tips of the branches again 
or crenate, the upper distinctly auricled at the base. sori in shortly divided; pinnz small, rounded or flabellate, twin, over- 
a row about midway between the midrib and edge; involucre lapping each other, crenate at the edge. 
firm, distinctly reniform, oblique, or opening towards the outer York Island, 1878. A very elegant speci: 
— Tropical America, 1841. A 
. tuberosa. 
sori absent. Duke of 
es, having fascicles of 
dsome species. SYN. 1K. 40 gracefully-arching fronds. See Fig. 683. (Ouse * 
ix. 623. 
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foe Fi. 682, PORTION OF FROND AND DETACHED PINNA OF NEPHROLEPIS DAVALLIOIDES FURCANS, 
1 (comb-like). A variety of the 1 id N. ensifolia (sword-fronded). A synonym of N. acuta. i 
ducing no tubers. Stem and rachis naked ; pinnæ less distinct y . exaltata (lofty). sti. tufted, Ain. to Ein. long, firm, naked, 
soon A 55 the base on the upper, obliquely truncate on the T slightly aie a vende lft. to 2ft. or more long, 3in. Ein. to 
lower, side. Syn. N. pectinata. biat ; pinnæ close, 1żin. to Sin. long, zin. to zin. broad, usually 
i re . : acute, the edge entire or slightly crenate; the upper side 
(Davallia-like).* cau. short, stoloniferous. a auricled, the lower rounded at the base. sori sub-marginal ; “ 
; won scaly towards the base. fronds droop- involucre firm, distinctly reniform. Tropics, 1793. To this 
ae long, Ift. or more broad; lower pinnz barren, 4in. 
4in. to lin. broad, the apex acuminate, the edge oe and desirable species Mr. J. G. Baker refers 
one 11 tis Ohi N. volubilis. 
renate to a depth of one line or less; fertile pinnæ ; „ ee 
rer, the ö ae ae ken et Berge en more or less, coated with ferruginous down. 
: t dsomest of the genus, and easily dis- SYN. N. hirsutula. 
i i i > sori at . falciformis (sickle-formed). fronds lift. to 2ft. long, sub- ee 
Tig. 80. (8. C. 1886308) sais 12 “a linear ; shane numerous; lower (sterile) ones elliptical, 
