274 44. NEPHRODIUM, LASTRFJ*. 



beneath finely villose ; veinlets about 6 on a side, with a sorus on each midway 

 between midrib and edge ; invol. coriaceous, persistent. Ilk. Sp. 4. p. 111. 

 2nd Cent. t. 93. 



Hab. Borneo. Habit of N. flaccidum, but quite different in texture arid mode of 

 growth, in which it approximates towards JEudavallia, in which it is placed by J. Smith. 



82. N. (Last.) Salvini, Baker ; st. tufted with a tuft of long brown linear 

 scales at the base, and a few upwards, 6-0 in. 1. ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., 3-4 in. br., 

 lanceolate ; pinnce close, lanceolate, 1^-2 in. 1., f in. br., cut down to the rachis 

 below into imbricated oblong pinnl. with blunt lobes reaching about halfway 

 down ; texture herbaceous, firm ; rachis and midrib of the pinnae slightly scaly ; 

 veinlets forked ; sort at the base of the lobes often 1 to each ; invol. naked, firm. 



Hab. Guatemala, Salvin and Godman. Most like N. flaccidum in cutting, but quite 

 different in other respects. 



83. N. (Last.) flaccidum, Hk. ; st. tufted, 1 ft. or more 1., slender, stramineous, 

 naked ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., 6-8 in. br. ; pinnce 3-4 in. 1., 1 in. br., cut down to 

 a rachis with a narrow distinct wing into oblong lobes 2 lin. br. cut about half- 

 way down ; lower pinnce distant, shorter than the others and deflexed ; texture 

 herbaceous ; the stramineous rachis and under side villose ; veinlets forked or in 

 the lower lobes subpinnate ; sori about midway between the edge and midrib. 

 Hk. Sp. 4. p. 133. t. 263. 



Hab. Himalayas (up to 6,000 ft.) to Ceylon and Java. General habit of some of the 

 least-cut forms of A. Pilix-fcemina. 



84. N. (Last.) Brunonianum, Hk. ; st. tufted, 4-6 in. 1., black, densely clothed 

 with large dark-brown lanceolate scales ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., 2-4 in. br., with 

 numerous, close, subequal, oblong-lanceolate, blunt pinnce, the lower ones reduced, 

 the largest 1^-2 in. 1., f in. br., cut down nearly to the rachis into sharply- 

 toothed blunt lobes 1^-2 lin. br. ; texture herbaceous ; rachises ebeneous and 

 more or less clothed with long fibrillose scales ; under surface naked ; sori 

 copious, about midway between the edge and midrib. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 113. t. 251. 



Hab. Himalayas, 12-15,000 ft. 



85. N. (Last.) barligerum, Hk. ; st. tufted, 6-12 in. 1., densely clothed with 

 large bright-brown scales and soft silky hairs ; fr. 2-3 ft. 1., 6-12 in. br. ; pinnce 

 close, lanceolate, 4-6 in. 1., 1-1^ in. br. ; pinnl. close, oblong, blunt, the lower 

 ones pinnatifid, the lobes with copious aristate teeth, the edge often incurved ; 

 texture herbaceous ; rachises clothed like the stem ; midrib beneath rather scaly ; 

 sori in rows close to the midrib of the pinnules. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 113. 



Hab. Himalayas, 11-13,000 ft. This and the preceding are closely allied to one 

 another, but not likely to be confused with anything else. 



86. N. (Last.) setosum, Baker ; st. tufted, 4-6 in. 1., densely clothed with 

 fibrillose scales ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., 6-9 in. br. ; lowest pinnce the largest, deltoid, 

 4-5 in. 1., 2-3 in. br. ; pinnl. lanceolate, If -2 in. ]., cut down to the rachis below 

 into erecto-patent, entire, linear segm. ; texture herbaceous ; rachises densely 

 fibrillose ; both surfaces naked ; veinlets of the segments 5-6 on a side, the lower 

 ones forked ; sori in a line close to the midrib. A. setosum, Blume ! (non 

 Swartz). 



Hab. Java, Blume, Millett. 



87. N. (Last.) Welwitzschii, Baker ; st. 6-12 in. 1., pubescent and fibrillose ; fr. 

 18 in. 1., 1 ft. br. ; lower pinnce ovate-lanceolate, 6-8 in. 1., 2 in. br., cut down 

 nearly or quite to the rachis into linear-oblong pinnl. |-f in. br., of which the 



