288 44. NEPHRODIUM, EUNEPHRODIUM. 



midrib, villose ; veins in groups of 8-10 on a side, which are slightly united or 

 quite free. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 64. 2nd Cent. t. 25. 



Hab. Guatemala, Skinner; Andes of Ecuador, Spruce, 5293. 



156. N. Wriffhtii, Hk. ; rhizome creeping ; st. 4-6 in. 1., firm, erect, greyish ; 

 fr. 6-9 in. 1., 1-1^ in. br., lanceolate-oblong, cut down nearly to the rachis above 

 and quite below into close, oblong, entire, or auricled, spreading lobes ^-j in. br. ; 

 texture coriaceous ; rachis and under surface villose ; veinlets in groups of 10-18 

 on a side, sometimes forked ; sori submarginaL Hk. Sp. 4. p. 64. t. 239. 



Hab. Cuba, Wright, 824. 



157. N. scolopendrioides, Hk. ; st. tufted, 2-4 in. ]., scaly ; fr. 1 ft. or more L, 

 1-2 in. br., oblong-lanceolate, the point acute, central lobes reaching nearly 

 down to the rachis, oblong, nearly entire, close or with a space between them, 

 lower ones quite free and gradually smaller ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; 

 rachis and under side finely hairy ; veinlets of the lobes forked or sometimes 

 slightly pinnate and the groups joining ; invol. very fugacious. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 65. 

 Fil. Ex. t. 18. Polypod. L. 



Hab. West Indies. We include here Goniopt. strigosa, ferax, affinis, and domingensis 

 of Fe'e. 



158. N. incisum, Baker ; st. tufted, 2-6 in. 1., stramineous, scaly below ; fr. 

 1 ft. or more 1., f-1^ in. br., linear-oblong, lobes triangular or lanceolate, often 

 not reaching more than one-third down to the rachis, the frond narrowed very 

 gradually below so as to form a scarcely cut wing to the stem ; texture sub- 

 coriaceous ; under surface finely villose ; veins in simply pinnated groups of 

 6-12 on a side ; invol. very fugacious. Polypod. Sw. N. stenopteris, Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 65. 



Hab. West Indies and New Granada. 



** Fronds large., pinnate ; rhizome wide-creeping. Sp. 159-176. 

 t Lower pinnce hardly, if at all, reduced. Sp. 159-170. 



159. N. Otaria, Baker; st. 6-12 in. 1., substramineous ; fr. 1 ft. or more I.,, 

 with a linear-oblong terminal pinna 4-6 in. L, 1-1^ in. br., the apex acuminate, 

 the margin with finely serrated lanceolate lobes reaching -| of the way down, 

 and 3-6 distant spreading similar lateral ones on each side, the lower ones 

 stalked ; texture thinly herbaceous ; rachis and both surfaces naked ; veins 

 pinnate in each lobe, the groups united from about midway from the midrib to 

 the edge ; veinlets 6-8 on each side, with sometimes a sorus on each. N. aris- 

 tatum, Hk. Sp. 4. p. 62 t. 238. Anisocampium, Presl. 



Hab. Philippines, Neilgherries, Ceylon. 



160. N. distans, Hk. ; st. 1 ft. or more L, firm, erect, brownish, slightly 

 villose ; fr. 1^-2 ft. 1., 8-10 in. br. ; pinnce spreading, 3-4 in. L, f in. br., very 

 slightly lobed, the lower ones rather smaller than the others ; texture papyraceo- 

 herbaceous ; rachis and midrib beneath villose and veins slightly so ; veins 

 pinnate in the lobes, with 5-6 veinlets on a side ; rows of sori filling up nearly 

 the whole space between the midrib and the next row ; caps, naked. Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 76. 



Hab. Madagascar, Boivin ; Johanna Island, Dr. Kirk. This in venation and pinnse 

 comes under Abacopteris, Fe'e ; and Dr. Kirk's specimens show that it differs distinctly 

 from N. glandulosum by its strong ^ide-creeping rhizome. 



161. N. varians } Fee; st. 1 ft. 1., smooth, with linear, blackish scales at the 



