260 44. NEPHRODIUM. LASTEEA. 



naked ; veins in pinnated groups, casually anastomosing ; sori large, in rows 

 near the main veins. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 84. Camptodium, Fee. Pachyderis, J. Sin. 



Hab. West Indies. Habit of Sagenia, with most but not all the sori terminal on free 

 veinlets. 



3. N. (Last.) Braunianum, Hk. ; st. I ft. or more 1., naked, ebeneous ; fr. 

 12-15 in. 1., 9 in. br., subdeltoid, cut down to a rachis with a broad lobed wincr 

 into pinnatifid pinnae, of which the lowest pair is much the largest, with the 

 pinnl. of the lower side much developed, the lowest 2-3 in. 1., again deeply 

 pinnatifid, with toothed oblong lobes in. br. ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; 

 rachis and under side pilose on the veins ; veinlets of the ult. lobes forked ; sori 

 small, copious, terminal on the veins. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 84. 



Hab. Columbia. This also, like the last, has the general habit of Sagenia. 



** Pinnae entire or lobed less than one-third of the way down to the midrib. 

 Sp. 4-13. 



4. N. (Last.) pusillum, Baker ; st. tufted, 4-12 in. 1., stramineous, pubescent ; 

 fr. 3-12 in. 1., 1 in. br., linear, proliferous from the axils of the upper pinnae ; 

 pinnae numerous, - in. 1., in. br., oblong, obtuse, the edge slightly crenate, 

 the base truncate ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and under surface pubescent ; 

 veins simple or the lower ones forked ; sori medial ; invol. membranous, densely 

 pilose. Aspid. Mett. Fil. Nov. Gran. p. 216. 



Hab. New Granada, Lindig, 92. 



5. N. (Last.) semihastatum, Hk. ; st. tufted, 3-4 in. 1., slender, villose ; fr. 6-8 

 in. 1., \\ in. br., oblong-lanceolate ; pinnae close, f in. 1., j in. br., blunt, the 

 edge slightly sinuated, bluntly auricled at the base, the lower ones growing 

 smaller gradually, lowest pair deflexed ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; 'rachis 

 and under surface villose ; upper veins forked, lower slightly pinnated ; sori 

 small, scattered. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 87. 



Hab. Peru, Pceppig. 



6. N. (Last.) decipiens, Hk. ; st. wiry, substramineous ; ,/r. 8-10 in. 1., 4-5 in. 

 br., lanceolate-deltoid ; pinnae spreading, 2-3 in. 1., f in. br., the edge very 

 slightly and broadly toothed ; lower pair stalked, about equalling the next ; 

 texture subcoriaceous ; rachis slightly fibrillose ; both surfaces naked ; veins 

 pinnated, inconspicuous ; sori in two rows near the midrib. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 86. 

 t. 243. 



Hab. China, Alexander. 



7. N. (Last.) cuspidatum, Baker; st. 1 ft. or more 1., naked, densely scaly at 

 the base ; fr. 2-3 ft. 1., 8-12 in. br. ; pinnae 4-6 in. 1., % in. br., the edge sharply 

 inciso-serrated to depth of ^-1 lin. ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous or sub- 

 coriaceous ; rachis and both sides naked ; veins in pinnated groups with 3-4 

 veinlets on a side ; invol. fugacious. Aspid. Mett. Polyp, elongatum, Wall. 

 Hk.Sp. 4. p. 234. 



Hab. N. India, Ceylon. Specimens recently received show the involucre clearly. 



8. N. (Last.) podophyllum, Hk. ; st. tufted, 1 ft. 1., naked upwards, scales at 

 the base black and fibrillose ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., 8-12 in. br. ; pinnae 4-8 on each 

 side, erecto-patent, 4-6 in. 1., -f in. br., the edge nearly entire or with shallow, 

 broad, blunt lobes ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and both surfaces naked ; 

 veins pinnate in the lobes, with 2-4 veinlets on a side, with sometimes a sorus on 

 each distant from the main vein. Hk, Sp. 4. p. 87. 



