600 NEPHKODIUif. 



124*. N. (Last.) dimidiatum, Baker ; rhizome wide-creeeping ; st. 1 ft., dull- 

 brown, with a few lanceolate scales at base ; fr. lanceolate-deltoid, 1 ft. 1., 

 3-4-pinnatifid ; rachises dull-brown, puberulent, not scaly ; lower pinnce largest, 

 deltoid , stalked, much acuminated, 8-9 in. 1. ; lowest pinnl. and segm. distant, 

 stalked, lanceolate-deltoid, subdimidiate ; lower segm. 2-3 lin. br., strongly 

 crenate-pinnatifid, with blunt erecto-patent teeth ; texture rigidly subcoriaceous ; 

 surfaces darkrgreen, subglabrous, except main ribs ; veins pinnate in segm. with 

 medial biserial small sori ; inv. glabrous, persistent. Aspid. Mett. Kuhn y Fil. 

 Afr.p. 131. 



Hab. Sierra del Crystal, Upper Guinea, 0. Mann. A well-marked species. 



131*. N. (Last.) pulvinuliferum, Baker ; basal scales dense, lanceolate-acu- 

 minate, ferruginous; st. |-1| ft., stramineous, clothed like rachis with firm 

 spreading bristly dark-brown scales ; fr. 1^-3 ft. 1., deltoid, 3-4-pinnatifid ; 

 lower pinnce largest, subdeltoid, produced on lower side ; pinnl. lanceolate, 

 cuneate-truncate on lower side at base ; final lobes ligulate-oblong, blunt, largest 

 entire 1 -2 lin. br. ; texture moderately firm ; surfaces glabrous, bright-green ; 

 veins pinnate in final lobes ; sori medial or subcostal ; inv. firm, glabrous, per- 

 sistent. Lastrea pulvinulifera, Bedd. F. B. 1. 1. 333. 



Hab. East Himalayas and Ceylon. Resembles sparsum in cutting and texture, but 

 much larger, with different scales and a deltoid outline and fibrillose rachises. 



134*. N. (Last.) Hornei, Baker ; st. and rachises naked, glossy stramineous ; 

 fr. deltoid, 2-3 ft. each way, 4-pinnatifid ; lower pinnae much largest, deltoid, pro- 

 duced on lower side ; lowest pinnl. and segm. close, lanceolate, acute, stalked, or the 

 latter winged to base ; final lobes close, oblong, blunt, 2-3 lin. br., inciso-crenate ; 

 texture membranous ; surfaces bright-green, glabrous ; veins pinnate in final 

 lobes ; sori minute, submarginal, restricted to the lobes ; inv. glabrous, sub- 

 persistent. 



Hab. Seychelles, Horne, 182. 



137*.. N. (Last.) Wardii, Baker; st. and rachises^ stramineous, naked, 

 glabrous ; fr. deltoid, 2 ft. 1., 4-5-pinnatifid ; many pinna; distinctly stalked, 

 oblong-lanceolate, -f ft. 1. ; lower pinnl. deltoid, stalked, cuneate-truncate on 

 lower side at base ; final lobes close, oblong crenate, largest entire 1-1 lin. br. ; 

 texture membranous, fragile ; surfaces bright-green, glabrous ; veins copiously 

 pinnate in final lobes ; sori large, medial ; inv. glabrous, persistent. 



Hab. Seychelles, Ward, Neville, Horne, 177. 



138*. N. (Last.) glabratum, Baker ; rachises naked, stramineous ; fr. ample, 

 4-pinnatifid ; lower pinna; long-stalked, oblong-lanceolate, 1-1 5 ft. 1., 6-7 in. br. ; 

 pinnl. oblong-lanceolate, nearly sessile, with a narrow wing to rachis throughout ; 

 segm. distant, adnate, blunt, ligulate-oblong, pinnatifid, with close blunt lobes ; 

 texture membranous ; surfaces bright-green, glabrous ; veins forked or sub- 

 pinnate in final lobes ; sori small, inframedial ; inv. glabrous, fugacious. 

 Aspidium, Mett. Kuhn, Fil. Afr. p. 133. 



Hab. Fernando Po, 0. Mann. 



142*. N. (Last.) Ctirrori, Baker; rachis grey-stramineous, finely pubescent ; 

 fr. ample, deltoid, 4-pinnatifid ; lowest pinna? oblong-lanceolate, stalked, pro- 

 duced on lower side, 15-18 in. 1., 6-8 in. br. ; pinnl. subsessile, lanceolate-deltoid, 

 acute, 1-1| in. br. ; segm. close, adnate, lanceolate-deltoid, cuneate-truncate on 

 lower side at base, deeply pinnatifid, with close blunt lobes ; texture moderately 

 firm ; both sides dull-green, thinly clothed with shining brown hairs ; veins 



