294 44. NEPHRODIUM, EUNEPHRODIUM. 



hairy, and densely glandular beneath, with the lower pinnae suddenly dwarfed. A . dimor- 

 phum, Kze., is said to differ from this by the presence of a gland at the base of the 

 pinnae. 



189. N. stipellatum, Hk. ; st. tufted, 1 ft. 1., grey, naked ; fr. 2 ft. 1., 8-10 in. 

 br. ; pinnce 4-5 in. 1., f in. br., the apex acuminate, the edge cut about one-third 

 down into oblong-falcate lobes, the base with a large scale-like gland beneath 

 the midrib ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and midrib beneath villose ; veins 

 pinnate in the lobes, with 6 veinlets on a side, with sori in rows near the main 

 vein. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 70. 



Hab. Java. A more coriaceous plant than A. molle, with broader lobes, the under 

 surface nearly naked. A. latebrosum, Kze., is said to differ from this by being more 

 deeply lobed, with the under surface glandular, and the basal gland bluntly tubercular, 

 not scale-like. 



190. N. crinipes, Hk. ; st. 12-18 in. 1., stout, erect, densely clothed with brown 

 linear scales ; fr. 2-3 ft. 1., 8-12 in. br. ; pinnce horizontal, 4-6 in. 1., ^-| in. br., 

 cut about halfway down into close linear-oblong lobes ; rachis scaly in the lower 

 part ; texture herbaceous, both sides naked -^veinlets 6-8 on a side ; sori medial. 

 Hk. Sp. 4. p. 71. 



Hab. Sikkim (subtropical region), Hk. fil. and Thomson; Malacca, Griffith. Best dis- 

 tinguished from truncatum by its scaly stem and rachis. 



191. N. venustum, J. Sm. ; st. tufted, 1 ft. or more 1., naked, greyish, glossy ; 

 fr. 2 ft. or more 1., 1 ft. br. ; pinnce numerous, spreading, 6 in. 1., 1 in. br., witli 

 blunt oblong lobes reaching halfway down ; texture herbaceous ; rachis and 

 both surfaces naked, glossy ; veins about 8 on each side, with sori principally in 

 the lobes close to the edge. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 71. 



Hab. Jamaica. About midway between molle and brachyodon. A Mexican specimen, 

 sent by Professor Reichenbach as A. paluaosum, Liebm., may be the same plant, but the 

 veinlets are closer and more numerous (10-12 on a side). 



192. N. ferox, Moore ; st. 1-2 ft. 1., strong, densely fibrillose, the hairs black 

 and leaving the stem rough when they fall ; fr. 3-4 ft. 1., sometimes 2 ft. br. ; 

 pinnce rather close, spreading, 6-12 in. 1., f-1 in. br., apex very acuminate, 

 edge cut about a third down into lanceolate-falcate lobes ; texture subcoriaceous ; 

 both surfaces glossy ; veins in pinnated groups of 10-12 veinlets on a side, with 

 often a sorus on each close to the main vein. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 77. Phegopteris, 

 Mett. Polyp, barbatum, Hk. Sp. 5. p. 11. Goniopt. Lobbiana, fee. 



Hab. Kumaon, Philippines, Java. A well-marked species. 



193. N. sagittcefolium, Moore ; st. 1-2 ft. 1., tufted, stout, erect, villose ; fr. 3-4 

 ft. 1., 1 ft. or more br. ; pinnce numerous, spreading, 6-8 in. 1., in. br., the apex 

 acuminate, the edge cut from one-third to halfway down into oblong-falcate 

 lobes, the lower pinnae suddenly dwarfed and deflexed ; texture subcoriaceous ; 

 rachis and under surface densely villose ; veins pinnate in the lobes, with 8-10 

 veinlets on a side, with a sorus midway on each ; caps, setose. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 78. 



Hab. Java. 



194. N. truncatum, Presl ; st. tufted, stout, erect, 2 ft. L, greyish, naked or 

 slightly villose ; fr. 2-4 ft. 1., 12-18 in. by. ; pinnce 6-9 in. 1., 1 in. br., cut down 

 one-third or more of the distance to the rachis into blunt, spreading, oblong 

 lobes ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; lower pinnce distant, small ; under surface 

 nearly or quite naked ; rachis slightly villose ; veins pinnate in the lobes, with 

 6-8 veinlets on a side, with a sorus on each near the main vein. Aspid. Mett. Fil. 

 Ind. t. 234. N. abruptum, Presl. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 77- 1. 241. B. N. Hudsonianum, 

 Brack. N. eusorum, Thwaites, 



