278 44. NEPHRODIUM, LASTREA. 



oblong-lanceolate ; pinna? 4-5 in. 1., l|-2 in. br., largest pinnl 1 in. 1., in. br., 

 cut down nearly to the rachis into oblong, blunt lobes with revolute edges ; 

 texture herbaceous ; rachises densely fibrillose ; sori in rows close to the midrib 

 of the pinnl. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 123. t. 254. 



Hab. Cashmere, Falconer, Seems a well-marked species, most like N, fragrans on a 

 large scale. 



ft Fronds subdeltoid. Sp. 102-117. 



102. N. (Last.) stipitatum, Baker ; st. 8-9 in. 1., flexuose, densely scaly at the 

 base ; fr. 3-4 in. each way, deltoid ; pinnae 6-9, the lowest 1^ in. 1., unequal- 

 sided, ovate-lanceolate, cut down to a narrowly-winged rachis into oblong, 

 obtuse lobes, the lowest subpinnate ; veinlets of the lobes 4-6 on a side, the lower 

 ones forked ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and both sides naked ; sori close to 

 the midrib ; invol. coriaceous, glabrous, persistent. Aspid. Mett. p. 60. 



Hab. Ladrones, Mertens. With this we are not acquainted. 



103. N. (Last.) hirtum, Hk. ; st. tufted, 4-8 in. 1., wiry, brown, densely 

 fibrillose ; jr. 4-6 in. 1., 3-4 in. br., subdeltoid ; lower pinnae much the largest 

 and lowest pinnl. larger than the others, which are -1 in. ]., J- in. br., cut 

 down to the rachis below into spathulate, usually entire, blunt lobes ; texture 

 herbaceous ; colour bright-green ; rachises fibrillose ; under surface glandular ; 

 veinlets pinnate in the lower lobes ; sori small, distant from the midrib. Hk. 

 Sp. 4. p. 128. Cystopteris, Klotzch. 



Hab. West Indies, and gathered also by Mr. Curror in West Tropical Africa. 



104. N. (Last.) squamisetum, Hk. ; st. tufted, 1 ft. 1., densely clothed with 

 linear and upwards with fibrillose scales ; fr. 1 ft. or more 1., 8-9 in. br., 

 subdeltoid ; lower pinnae the largest, subdeltoid, 4-6 in. 1., 2-3 in. br. ; pinnl. 

 lanceolate-deltoid, cut down to the rachis below into pinnatifid, blunt, oblong- 

 deltoid lobes ; texture firm, herbaceous ; rachises fibrillose ; both sides naked ; 

 sori in rows near the midrib. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 140. t. 268. 



Hab. Fernando Po (4,000 ft.), G. Mann. Most like sparsum and mexicanum in cuttiug 

 and texture. Kuhn reports it from Bourbon and Mount Kilimanjaro. 



105. N. (Last.) chinense, Baker ; caud. decumbent ; st. about in. 1., slender, 

 substramineous, clothed throughout with linear dark-brown scales; fr. 12-15 

 in. 1., 6-9 in. br., subdeltoid ; pinnce few, the lowest much the largest, 5-6 in. 1., 

 3-4 in. br. ; lowest pinnl. much longer than the others, which are lanceolate, with 

 distinct, oblong-deltoid, deeply pinnatifid lower segm.; texture herbaceous; rachises 

 naked or slightly scaly ; under surface almost naked ; sori copious, ^ lin. br., 

 distant from the midrib. Aspid. subtripinnatum, Miguel, older name. 



Hab. N. China, Col. Urquhart ; Korea, Wilford ; Japan, Dickens. 



106. N. (Last.) glabrum, Baker ; st. 6-9 in. 1., naked, stramineous above, clothed 

 towards the base with lanceolate concoloi'ous scales \fr. 1 ft. or more 1., 6-9 in. br. ; 

 lowest pinnce the largest, subdeltoid, 4-5 in. 1., 2-3 in. br. ; pinnl. close, lan- 

 ceolate, cut down to the rachis below into small, oblong, pinnatifid segm. with 

 mucronate teeth ; texture herbaceous ; rachis and both sides naked ; sori copious, 

 submarginal ; invol. naked. Lastrea, Brack. Phegopteris dicksonioides, Mett. 



Hab. Sandwich Islands. Very near the preceding. 



107. N. (Last.) tcnuifolium, Hk. ; st. about 1 ft. 1., slender, clothed throughout 

 with small, grey, lanceolate scales \fr. 12-18 in. each way, deltoid ; lower pinnce 

 much the largest, unequal-sided, deltoid ; lowest pinnl. 3-4 in. 1., 1-1^ in. br., 

 the rest lanceolate, cut down to the rachis below into oblong, bluntly-toothed 

 lobes ; texture herbaceous ; rachises and midribs scaly and villose ; both sides 



