44. NEPHEODIUM, LASTIIEA. 283 



the largest, often 1 ft. 1., 6 in. br. ; pinnl. \ in. br., close, lanceolate-acuminate, 

 cut down about halfway to the rachis into blunt, entire lobes \ in. or more br. ; 

 texture herbaceous ; under surface mealy, with fine glands ; rachises slightly 

 scaly ; veinlets of the lobes simple ; sori large ; invol. f lin. br. Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 138. 



Hab. Sandwich Isles. This also has a habit not unlike that of the large forms oT " 

 Filix-mas. Our description is taken from living plants sent by Dr. Hillebrand. 



130. N. (Last.) ferrugineum, Baker ; st. 12-18 in. 1., densely clothed 

 throughout with spreading broad ovate concolorous scales ; Jr. 2 ft. 1. or more, 

 12-18 in. br., 'subdeltoid, the main rachis flexuose and pinnae spreading at a 

 right angle, the lowest 6-9 in. 1., 3-5 in. br. ; pinnl. of the under side the largest, 

 close, lanceolate, bluntish, cut down to the rachis into broad ovate segm. with 

 close subentire lobes g in. br. ; rachises finely pubescent ; both sides nearly 

 naked ; sori large, submarginal, 2-3 in a lobe, confined to the upper half. 

 Lastrea, Beddome, FiL Ind.t. 100. 



Hab. Neilgherries, Oapt. Beddome. This has altogether the habit and cutting of 

 Sphceroptei'is barbata. 



131. N. (Last.) scabrosum, Baker; st. 12-18 in. 1., slender, stramineous, 

 furnished throughout with small, ovate, concolorous scales ; fr. l-jj;2 ft. 1., 

 12-18 in. br. ; lowest pinnce deltoid, 6-9 in. 1., 3-5 in. br. ; pinnl. of the lower side 

 the largest, with free lanceolate segm. ^-1 in. 1., cut down nearly to the rachis 

 into toothed ligulate lobes under 1 lin. br. ; texture herbaceous ; rachises viscous- 

 pubescent, the hairs sometimes dense and ferruginous ; both sides nearly naked ; 

 sori small, usually 1 at the base of each ult. division ; invol. small, fugacious. 

 Aspid. Kze. 



Hab. Neilgherries, Schmidt, Mclvor, Sir F. Adam. Polyp, niyrocarpum, Bedd. t. 169, 

 is probably this. We have a closely allied plant from Sikkim and Moulmeiu with tufted 

 fronds, larger and more delicate in texture, which will probably prove distinct. 



132. N. (Last.) angustifrons, Baker ; rhizome wide-creeping ; si. 1-2 ft. 1., 

 ebeneous, deciduously scaly ; fr. 2 ft. 1., 6-8 in. br. ; pinnce distant, ereeto- 

 patent, flexuose, lanceolate, 4-6 in. 1., 2 in. br. ; pinnl. distant, lanceolate, cut 

 down to the rachis below into subquadrangular toothed lobes | in. br. ; texture 

 subcoriaceous ; rachises and both sides naked ; veinlets of the lobes forked ; sori 

 in rows close to the midribs of the pinnules. Lastrea, Moore. 



Hab. Nepaul, Wallich. This seems a well-marked plant, perhaps nearest on the 

 whole to N. sparsum. 



133. N. (Last.) oppositum, Hk. ; st. 1 ft. or more 1., densely clothed with 

 spreading, linear, dark-brown scales ; fr. 1^-2 ft. 1., 12-18 in. br., subdeltoid ; 

 lower pinnce 6-9 in. 1., 3-4 in. br. ; pinnl. close, linear-lanceolate, cut down 

 nearly to the rachis into close, entire, slightly falcate, linear-oblong lobes ^ in. 

 br. ; texture herbaceous ; rachises scaly ; veinlets of the lobes simple ; sori small, 

 submarginal ; invol. thin. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 136. t. 266. 



Hab. Mauritius and Bourbon. This closely resembles the next in cutting, but the 

 spreading scales of the rachis are \ in. 1., and the sori are more regular and nearer 

 the edge. 



134. N. (Last.) intermedium, Baker ; st. 1-2 ft. 1., stout, erect, densely clothed 

 at the base with long bright-brown silky fibrils ; fr. 2-3 ft. 1., 12-18 in. br., 

 subdeltoid ; lower pinnce lanceolate, often 1 ft. ]., 4-5 in. br. ; pinnl. close, 

 lanceolate, with distinct, oblong-lanceolate segm. with ligulate subentire lobes 

 about 1 lin. br. ; texture herbaceous, firm ; rachises slightly fibrillose like the 

 stem ; under surface naked or slightly scaly on the midribs ; sori small, copious, 



