44. NEPURODIUM, LASTREA. 285 



ture. It has received many names, of which Blume's is the oldest. Polypodium palliduin 

 and nemorale, Brack. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 266, are apparently only the ordinary form, with sup. 

 pressed or undeveloped involucres ; but Capt. Beddome considers P. ornatum, Wallich, 

 as a distinct plant, distingushable from this by its erect caudex and the constant absence 

 of an involucre. See Fil. S. Ind. t. 171. 



140. N. (Last.) subglandulosum, Baker ; st. 1 ft. 1., stout, polished, reddish- 

 brown, deciduously scaly throughout ; fr. 2-3 ft. 1., 1 ft. br. ; lowest pinnae 

 much reduced, the largest lanceolate, 6-9 in. 1., 1^-2 in. br. ; pinnl. spreading, 

 close, 1 in.l., f in. br., cut down nearly to the rachis into close, entire, blunt 

 lobes ; texture herbaceous ; rachises of the pinnse and under side villose and the 

 latter glandular ; sori small, about 6 to the larger lobes, placed midway between 

 the midrib and edge. Aspidium, Mett. 



Hab. Bourbon, Vieillard and Deplanche. The alliance of this is close with the 

 preceding. 



141. N. (Last.) Grisebachii, Baker ; st. 2-3 ft. 1., densely clothed at the base 

 with lanceolate scales 1 in. or more 1., 1-1| lin. br., which leave distinct 

 tubercles when they fall ; fr. 3-4 ft. 1., 2 ft. or more br. ; lower pinnce often 

 1 ft. 1., 6 in. br. ; pinnl. close, lanceolate, cut down nearly or quite to the rachis 

 into oblong-toothed segm. % in. br. ; texture herbaceous ; colour bright-green ; 

 racMs very slightly fibril lose and under side naked ; sori small, copious, medial ; 

 invol. fugacious. A. amplum, Griseb. (in part, not H. B. K.). N. amplum, 

 m. Sp. 4. p. 2Q4. 



Hab. Cuba, O. Wright, 1055. This differs from the next principally in the scales. 



142. N. (Last.) amplum, Baker; st. 2-3 ft. 1., densely clothed at the base with 

 an entangled mass of soft, bright, sriky scales ; fr. 3-4 ft. 1., 2 ft. or more br. ; 

 lower pinnce often 1 ft. 1., 6 in. br. ; pinnl. close, lanceolate, cut down nearly or 

 quite to the rachis into oblong, crenated or pinnatifid lobes 2-3 lin. br. ; texture 

 herbaceous ; rachises clothed with soft furfuraceous scales ; under surface naked 

 or slightly glandular, the rachis often scaly ; sori copious, small, medial ; invol. 

 very fugacious. Aspid. H.B.K. Polyp. Sloanei, Kse. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 203. 

 N. Palatanganum, Hk. Sp. 4. p. 260. 



Hab. West Indies southward to Ecuador, and a plant from Pitcairn's Island is probably 

 the same. Asp. lutescens, Willd. (Plum. 34), is most likely this species. 



143. N. (Last.) catocarpum, Hk. ; st. l|-2 ft. 1., densely clothed at the base 

 with long, linear, pale-brown scales ; fr. 2-3 ft. 1., l|-2 ft. br., subdeltoid ; 

 pinnae lanceolate-deltoid, 8-12 in. 1., 4-6 in. br. ; pinnl. close, oblong-lanceolate, 

 obtuse, 2-3 in. 1., ^-^ in. br., cut down to the rachis below into close, blunt, nearly 

 entire lobes in. br. ; texture herbaceous ; rachises slightly scaly ; under side 

 naked ; sort small, in rows midway between the edge and midrib. Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 259. 



Hab. Venezuela. A less compound plant than the last, with larger divisions and 

 different scales. 



144. N. (Last.) furcatum, Ilk. ; st. 2-3 ft. 1., densely clothed with a mass of 

 very narrow intertangled ferruginous scales ; fr. 3-6 ft. 1., 2 ft. or more br. ; 

 lower pinnce 12-18 in. 1., 6-9 in. br., lanceolate or deltoid ; pinnl. lanceolate ; 

 sec/in, oblong-obtuse, cut down nearly to the rachis into close, entire lobes 

 1^-2 lin. br. ; texture herbaceous ; all the rachises densely clothed with small 

 furfuraceous scales ; costce beneath slightly scaly ; sori copious, medial. Hk. 

 Sp. 4. p. 36. 



Hab. Columbia to Peru. This has as large divisions as the last, but is much more 

 compound and scaly, with the basal scales different. The Galapagos Polyp, paleacexm. 

 Hk. Sp. 4. p. 261, probably belongs here. 



