NEPIIRODIUM, § EUNEPIIRODIUM. G5 



ovate or short triangular and acute segments, at the very base 

 are a few dwarfed detached lobes on the stipes, the long- 

 attenuated lower part of the frond generally entire, several 

 opposite pairs of veins unite as far as the sinus, involucres 

 dark-coloured reniform ("orbicular and peltate black," Kze.). 

 — Aspidiuni stenopteris, Kze. in Schk. Fil. SitppL ii. p. 48. t. 

 120 {excellent, if the involucre be correct). Polystichum, 

 Moore, Polypodium scolopendrioides, Z/Wzn. Sp. PL p. 1544 

 (fideMett.). P. incisum, Sw. Fil. Ind. Occ. iii. p. 1840 [fide 

 Metten.). Syn. Fil. p. 33. Willd. Sp. PL v. p. 182. Goni- 

 opteris, Pr. Aspidium scolopendrioides, i;ar. 1, incisa, Metten. 

 Aspid. p. 97. Eat. FiL Wright et FendL p. 211. 



Ilab. W. Indies : Cuba, Linden, C. Wright, n. 825 ; N. Grenada, Pnrdic— 

 Kunze's is an excellent representation of this ])lant, and I cannot agree with those 

 who consider it a variety of N. scolopendrioides. My numerous specimens of the 

 two exhibit no intermediate forn;s. 



9. N. (Eunephrodium) scolopendrioides, Hook. ; caudex 

 short stout erect, stipites tufted 2-4 inches long deciduously 

 scaly, fronds subcoriaceo-membranaceous a span to a foot and 

 more long lanceolate acuminate tapering at the base glabrous 

 deeply pinnatifid with ovate or oblong entire segments, at the 

 base pinnate with a few small ovate-rotundate pinnae, costules 

 pinnated with simple or forked veins, the veins at the base 

 united in opposite pairs, sori copious dorsal, involucres 

 (reniform beset with trifurcate or stellated hairs on the back 

 and margin, Mett.). — Polypodium, Linn. Sp. PL p. 1554. 

 Sw. Syn. FiL p. 33. Willd. Sp. PL v. ;j. 181. Griseb. PL 

 Carib. p. 136. Hook. FiL Exot. t. \S [not Hook, and Grtv. 

 Ic. Fil. t. 42). Gonioptcris, Pr. Tent. Pterid.p. 182. Moore. 

 Aspidium, Metten. Aspid. p. 97 {excl. w»'. incisa and pinnata). 

 Goniopteris affinis. Fee, Gen. FiL p. 250, Polypodium 

 Domingense, Spr. and Kze. in Linnaea, ix.j). 40. and xx. p. 300. 

 Filix non ramosa, scolopendrioides? Plum. FiL Am. p. f. 1. 11. 

 Filix Jamaicensis, simpliciter pinnatis Asplenii foliis, etc., 

 Pluken. Almagest, p. 152, and Pliytogr. t. 290. /. 1 {excellent). 

 Plum. Fil. Am. t. 91. 



Ilab. West Indies: St. Domingo, Plumior ; Jamaica, Plu/ceiict, Purdie, Wil- 

 son; Gaudeloupe, Duchassaing ; Cuba, Otto, Paeppig.— It is true our own speci- 

 mens do not exhibit any trace of involucres ; but Mettcnius describes them, and 

 there is no reason to question his accuracy. The species appears to be peculiar to 

 the West Indian islands. 



10. N. (Eunephrodium) sclerophylhim,Vr. ; "frond oblong- 

 sublinear subrigid pinnated above pinnatifid, the rachis beneath 



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