Aspidium.} FILICES, 573. 
truncate below. Pinnae about 20 on a side, spreading, linear, 6—7‘ >< 
7—10", shortly stipitate, the lower ones narrowing toward their bases, the 
upper ones truncate and eyen-sided below, cut halfway to the rhachis into. 
numerous lanceolate pointed subfalcate crenulate lobes, 1'/2 broad, 
with a space between them. Veins distinct, pinnate, with 10—12 pairs 
of simple veinlets, only the lowest one weg tks ie Nig with the 
corresponding one of the next segments. Sori con o the lobes and 
marginal, 5—7 on each side. Invol. ie n, A ae not setose. 
Fib. vas. band at — middle of the stipes in shape of an arch around the 
sulcus, or with a short break in the middle. — Nephrodium terminans, 
J. Sm. — Sp. Fil. IV, 73. — N. pteroides, J. Sm. — Synops. Fil. p. 289. 
In Mr. Baldwin's se without assignment of station. The rhizome, wanting in 
my specimens, is creeping in the species. Nearly related to re extensum, Bl. Oceurs also 
in India, S. China, the Philipines, Queensland and Samoa. Lowest aoe anadromous, 
all others catadromous from the base. Tertiary veins mostly opposi 
9. A, unitum, Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 47. — Rhizome creeping, naked. 
Stip. distant, 8—20’ long, slender, dark stramineous, naked. Frond 
chartaceous, glabrous, with sca toring resinous dots underneath and the 
costa of the pinnae minutely paleaceous when young (not pubescent), 
oblong- lanceolate, truncate at the oe 1!/2—2 ft. long, pinnate throughout, 
with a stalked pgrusmne: pin Pinnae 15—20 on a side, close, ascending, 
linear, 4—6‘ & 4—6”, ete pete slightly narrowing toward the 
subcordate or rounded base, cut to '/s or 1/2 into broad triangular pointed 
obes. Veins prominent, the ae ones at open angles, pinnate, with 
6—10 simple, rather curved veins on each side, the one or two lowest 
anastomosing in an excurrent ray. Sori small, on the middle of the free 
veinlets, rarely also on the connected ones, 4—6 on each side in two con- 
verging rows. Inyol. reniform, setose, evanescent. — Mann, Enum. no. 599, 
— Polypodium unitum, L. — ears ane R. Br. —-Synops. Fil. 
p. 289. — N. propinquum, R. Br. — Sp. —A. resiniferum, Kaulf. 
— N. resiniferum, Hook. & Arn. in Bot. ae p. 105. — Polystichum 
ery ¢ eserted «taro»-patches. ee name: «Neke». — Occurs in 
the tropical zones of all cane and m ynesia. — Lowest 12—16 pinnae ana nai ous. 
d mostly subopposite, 0! — 5—4 cata Tertiary eine mostly opposite. be on 
the whole catadromous. Two broad fib. vas. agen along the sides re 4 the sulcus with a 
unite. 
10. A. globuliferum, Mann, Enum. no. 601. — Rhizome short, ob- 
lique. Stip. tufted, short, 3—6‘, pale to mahogany-brown or purplish, 
naked and glossy. Frond membranous, firm, dark green, lanceolate, 
I'/2—31/2 ft. long, 6—16’ broad at the ‘aiddle. gradually narrowing 
below, dotted with glistening resinous glands, pinnate, with pinnatifid 
apex, the rhachis stramineous. Pinnae (32—42 free ones on a side) 
patent, mostly opposite, the lowest 6+10 dwindling down to mere auricles, 
