110 NEPHRODIUM § LASTREA. 



the lowest piniias (several pairs) suddenly abortive reduced 

 to large.tuberculated glands. Aspid. tylodes, Kze. in LiiuKBci, 

 xxiv. 2J. 281. Metten. Aspid. p. 82, "f^.c ab Aspid. och- 

 thode diversum videiur." Aspid. glanduliferunij Wall. Cat. 

 n. 347. 



Ilah. A common Fern in most parts of India, particularly in Nilghiri, Wif/ht, 

 n. 157, 128: in Assam, Khasj-a, Deddotne, n. 123; Bootan, Griffith, etc.; Dar- 

 ]ZQX\n%, Hooker fit. and Thomson; Nepal, Wallich, n. Z\l : CesUm, Mrs. Gcnl. 

 Walker {small var.). Mauritius, Bnjer. — A vry variable plant, it must he con- 

 fessed, long found in our collections under the name of A. glandiilifenim. Wall., best 

 known by the very distinct gland generally seen at the inner base of the pinnie, 

 and the (Iwarfing of several of the lower pairs of pinnae (as in the N. contermi- 

 num of South America), so that the frond is in such case very much attenuated 

 below ; or, the pinnules become suddenly and completely abortive, their place being 

 taken by large tuberculiforni glands; or the two kinds are seen on the same tuft. 

 I apprehend the former is tlie A. ochthodes of Kunze, and the second his A. 

 tylodes ; but they are clearly one and the same species. 



88. N. (Lastrea) melanopus^ Hook.; caudex?, stipes a 

 little scaly below a span or more long rather slender and as 

 well as the rachis glossy ebeneous-black, fronds 12-14 inches 

 long membranaceous bright-green obsoletely subglandular- 

 pubescent especially on the costce pinnate, pinnae suboppo- 

 site sessile 4-6 inches long 1-U inch wide oblong shortly 

 acuminated pinnatifid, segments oblong obtuse rarely subfal- 

 eate entire or nearly so, lowest pair of pinnae semiovate sub- 

 falcate the inferior half of the pinnse with much longer 

 segments l-lj inch long lobato-pinnatifid, veinlets forked 

 distant, sori small on the superior branch of the veins equi- 

 distant between the margin and the costule, involucre small 

 membranaceous reniform ciliated. 



Hab. Moulmein, Parish. Amboyna, ex Herb. Webb, in Herb. Nosfr.— My 

 most perfect specimens of this plant are from the Rev. C. S. P. Parish, in which, 

 besides the intense ei)ony-black of the stipes and main rachis, the lowest pairs 

 of pinnules differ considerably from all the rest, as above described. Although I 

 have no specimens with a caudex, one of the clever sketches of a growing plant 

 sent me by the discoverer clearly shows that it is short, erect, and scaly, and that 

 the stipite's are tufted : against tlie whole of the lower part of the stipes, including 

 the caudex, is marked "'all black." In general habit it may rank near N. im- 

 mersum. The Amboyna specimen is a larger plant, yet not, I think, specifically 

 different ; but it wants the lower pinnse. 



89. N. (Lastrea) crinitum, Desv. ; stipes a span and more 

 long fusco-stramineous and as well as rachis very crinite with 

 long spreading dark-brown subulato-setaceous scales arising 

 from a tubercle, fronds subcoriaceo-membranaceous a span to 

 18 inches long ovate or oblong-ovate acuminated pinnate, 

 pinnae approximate 3-5 inches long often an inch and more 



