Puate 1663. 
NEPHRODIUM MAGNUM, Baker. 
Finices, Sub-order Potypopracegz, Tribe AsPIDIER, 
Nephrodium (Lastrea) magnum, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1884, p. 142; 
frondibus magnis bipinnatis firmulis viridibus glabris, pinnis oblongo- 
lanceolatis rachi minute paleaceo, infimis latere inferiori productis 
pinnulis multijugis sessilibus lanceolatis pinnatis, segmentis tertiariis 
oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis crenatis segregatis basi adnatis, venulis 
erecto-patentibus seepe furcatis, soris medialibus, indusio parvo glabro 
subpersistente. 
Has. Forest of North-west Madagascar, Humblot, 265. 
ce pedales vel sesquipedales. Pinnule 3-4 poll. longs, seg- 
aontip tertiariis 5—6 lin. longis. 
large subarborescent species, most resembling the E penciegs 
varieties of the Tropical American N. villoswm, Presl._J. G. B 
Fig. 1. Lower front of pinna: life size. 2. Barren segment. 3. Fertile segment: 
enlarged, 
