Piate 1661. 
NEPHRODIUM PRENTICEI, Baker. 
Fitices, Sub-order Potyroptacea, Tribe AspPIDIER. 
oe —— Prenticei, Baker in Hook. et Baker, Syn. Fil. 
edit. 2, 3 candice erecto, stipitibus ceespitosis stramineis 
tibus basi attenuatis, infimis haud reductis, pinnulis lanceolatis co 
tiguis falcatis, venulis multijugis erecto-patentibus simplicibus, soris 
parvis supramedialibus, indusio persistente ciliato. 
Lastrea Prenticei, Carruth. in Seem. Fl. Vit. p. 359. 
Has. Fiji isles, Horne, 1003; Milne, 247, 
Stipites semipedales et ultra. Lamina 1-2-pedalis. Pinne interdum 
semipedales. 
A native of the Fiji isles, nearly allied to the ihe cia and 
variable Tropical Asian N. calearatum, Hook.—J. G. Bak 
Fig. 1. Apex of frond. 2, Base of stipes: both life size. 3. Fertile pinnule: 
enlarged. 4, Portion . tele pinna: life size, 5. Portion of pinnule, to show 
indusium ; much eniar. ‘ged. 
